About the Authors

Debasis Nayak

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kory R. Johnson

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sara Heydari

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Theodore L. Roth

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bernd H. Zinselmeyer

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dorian B. McGavern

mcgavernd@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN DBM. Performed the experiments: DN SH. Analyzed the data: DN KRJ TLR BHZ DBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRJ. Wrote the paper: DN DBM.