About the Authors

Manuel Gomez-Ramirez

gomezramirezm@jhu.edu

Affiliations The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Natalie K. Trzcinski

Affiliations The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stefan Mihalas

Affiliations The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ernst Niebur

Affiliations The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Steven S. Hsiao

† Deceased.

Affiliations The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Dr. Hsiao is listed as an author of this paper, but passed away before the work was re-submitted. The corresponding author, Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, has therefore supplied the information regarding his contribution to the manuscript and his competing interests, and it is correct to the best of his knowledge.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: MGR SM EN SSH. Performed the experiments: MGR NKT SSH. Analyzed the data: MGR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGR SM. Wrote the paper: MGR NKT EN SSH.