About the Authors

Monique C. Surles-Zeigler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yonggang Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of California–Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, United States of America, ICF, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Timothy J. Distel

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of California–Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, United States of America

Hakeem Omotayo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of California–Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, United States of America

Shaokui Ge

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of California–Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, United States of America

Byron D. Ford

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

byron.ford@medsch.ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of California–Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Byron Ford, Principal, Brain-Gen, owns patents (US Patents # 8,927,483; 8,785,369; both titled “Neuregulins for Prevention and Treatment of Damage from Acute Assault on Vascular and Neuronal Tissues and Regulators of Stem Cell Migration”) that are held by Brain-Gen without direct corporate involvement at the time. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.