About the Authors

Cassandra R. Blanchette

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paola N. Perrat

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrea Thackeray

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Claire Y. Bénard

claire.benard@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRB PNP CYB. Performed the experiments: CRB PNP AT CYB. Analyzed the data: CRB PNP AT CYB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRB PNP AT CYB. Wrote the paper: CRB PNP CYB.