About the Authors

Veronica Akle

Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Emmanuel Guelin

Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lili Yu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Helena Brassard-Giordano

Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Barbara E. Slack

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Irina V. Zhdanova

zhdanova@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IVZ EG VA. Performed the experiments: EG VA LY HB BES IVZ. Wrote the paper: VA IVZ.