About the Authors

Matthew S. Conrad

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Integrative Immunology and Behavior Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Bradley P. Sutton

Affiliations Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Ryan N. Dilger

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Rodney W. Johnson

rwjohn@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Integrative Immunology and Behavior Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSC BPS RND RWJ. Performed the experiments: MSC RND. Analyzed the data: MSC BPS RND RWJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSC BPS RND RWJ. Wrote the paper: MSC BPS RND RWJ.