About the Authors

Sven Vanneste

ven.vanneste@utdallas.edu

Affiliations Department of Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, School for Behavioral & Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Paul Van De Heyning

Affiliations Department of Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, ENT Department, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Dirk De Ridder

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Competing Interests

Sven Vanneste is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV DDR. Performed the experiments: SV DDR. Analyzed the data: SV DDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SV DDR. Wrote the paper: SV PVDH DDR.