About the Authors

Lauren Barnett

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren Barnett, Jelena Platisa

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Jelena Platisa

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren Barnett, Jelena Platisa

Affiliations The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Marko Popovic

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Vincent A. Pieribone

vpieribo@jbpierce.org

Affiliations The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Thomas Hughes

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following conflicts: Funding for this study came in part from The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Inc. Authors Jelena Platisa and Vincent A. Pieribone are employees of The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Inc. There are no other relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB JP VP TH. Performed the experiments: LB JP MP TH. Analyzed the data: LB JP MP VP TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB JP VP TH. Wrote the paper: LB JP MP VP TH.