About the Authors

Sowmya Venkataramani

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Michiel Van Wyk

Affiliation Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Ilya Buldyrev

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Benjamin Sivyer

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

David I. Vaney

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

W. Rowland Taylor

taylorw@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have the following interest. William Taylor is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV MvW DIV WRT. Performed the experiments: SV MvW IB BS. Analyzed the data: SV MvW IB BS WRT. Wrote the paper: SV MvW DIV WRT.