About the Authors

Catherine A Leamey

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cathy@physiol.usyd.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Bosch Institute and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia , Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sam Merlin

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Bosch Institute and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Paul Lattouf

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Bosch Institute and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Atomu Sawatari

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Bosch Institute and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Xiaohong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Natasha Demel

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Bosch Institute and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Kelly A Glendining

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Bosch Institute and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Toshitaka Oohashi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Mriganka Sur

Affiliation Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Reinhard Fässler

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

CAL and MS conceived and designed the experiments. CAL, SM, PL, AS, XZ, ND, KAG, and TO performed the experiments. CAL, SM, PL, AS, XZ and KAG analysed the data. AS and RF contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. CAL wrote the paper.