About the Authors

Amy Nowack

Contributed equally to this work with: Amy Nowack, Erik B. Malarkey

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Erik B. Malarkey

Contributed equally to this work with: Amy Nowack, Erik B. Malarkey

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jia Yao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Adam Bleckert

Affiliation Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jessica Hill

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sandra M. Bajjalieh

bajjalie@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN EM JY SB. Performed the experiments: AN EM JY AB JH SB. Analyzed the data: AN EM JY AB JH SB. Wrote the paper: EM JY SB.