About the Authors

Carrie M. Elks

Affiliations Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Nutritional Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Scott D. Reed

Affiliation Neurosignaling Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Nithya Mariappan

Affiliation Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Barbara Shukitt-Hale

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Services, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James A. Joseph

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Services, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donald K. Ingram

donald.ingram@pbrc.edu (DKI) (DI); jfrancis@lsu.edu (JF)

Affiliation Nutritional Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Joseph Francis

donald.ingram@pbrc.edu (DKI) (DI); jfrancis@lsu.edu (JF)

Affiliation Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CME BSH JAJ DKI JF. Performed the experiments: CME SDR NM. Analyzed the data: CME DKI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CME SDR BSH JAJ DKI JF. Wrote the paper: CME SDR DKI.