About the Authors

Ling Gu

Affiliation Biophysics and Physiology Group, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019, United States of America

Megan L. Uhelski

Current address: The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Department of Diagnostic/Biological Sciences, 515 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019, United States of America

Sanjay Anand

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019, United States of America

Mario Romero-Ortega

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019, United States of America

Young-tae Kim

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019, United States of America

Perry N. Fuchs

Affiliation Departments of Psychology and Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019, United States of America

Samarendra K. Mohanty

smohanty@uta.edu

Affiliation Biophysics and Physiology Group, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: LG MU SKM. Analyzed the data: LG MU SA MRO YK PF SKM. Wrote the paper: LG MU SA MRO YK PF SKM. Conceived and designed the project: PF SKM. Performed the histology and immunostaining: LG SA MRO YK. Performed confocal microscopy: LG SKM.