About the Authors

Ekaterina Novozhilova

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Michael J. Kimber

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Hai Qian

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Paul McVeigh

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Alan P. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Mostafa Zamanian

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Aaron G. Maule

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Tim A. Day

day@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EN MJK PM APR AGM TAD. Performed the experiments: EN HQ. Analyzed the data: EN MJK MZ TAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EN MJK MZ TAD. Wrote the paper: EN PM TAD.