About the Authors

Julian Taranda

Affiliations Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina , Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stéphane F Maison

Affiliation Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School and Eaton–Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jimena A Ballestero

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Eleonora Katz

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jessica Savino

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Douglas E Vetter

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jim Boulter

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Hatos Research Center for Neuropharmacology, Brain Research and Molecular Biology Institutes, University of California, Los Angeles, United States of America

M. Charles Liberman

Affiliation Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School and Eaton–Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul A Fuchs

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Center for Hearing and Balance, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

A. Belén Elgoyhen

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: elgoyhen@dna.uba.ar

Affiliations Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina , Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

JT, SFM, JAB, EK, DEV, JB, MCL, PAF, and ABE conceived and designed the experiments. JT, SFM, JS, and JB performed the experiments. JT, SFM, JAB, EK, DEV, JB, MCL, PAF, and ABE analyzed the data. SFM, MCL, PAF, and ABE wrote the paper.