About the Authors

Kapil Bharti

kapilbharti@ninds.nih.gov

Affiliation Mammalian Development Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Melanie Gasper

Current address: Department of Global Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Mammalian Development Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jingxing Ou

Affiliation Mammalian Development Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Martha Brucato

Current address: Medical Scientist Training Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Mammalian Development Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Katharina Clore-Gronenborn

Affiliation Mammalian Development Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James Pickel

Affiliation Transgenic Core Facility, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Heinz Arnheiter

Affiliation Mammalian Development Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB HA. Performed the experiments: KB MG JO MB KC-G JP. Analyzed the data: KB HA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP. Wrote the paper: KB HA.