About the Authors

Soumya Alige Mahabala Rao

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Arivazhagan Arimappamagan

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Paritosh Pandey

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vani Santosh

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Alangar Sathyaranjandas Hegde

Affiliation Sri SatyaSai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Bangalore Ashwathnarayanara Chandramouli

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Kumaravel Somasundaram

skumar@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAR KS. Performed the experiments: SAR. Analyzed the data: SAR KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA PP VS ASH BAC. Wrote the paper: SAR KS.