About the Authors

Michelle R. Rebello

Affiliations The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale School of Medicine, Dept. Neurobiology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Thomas S. McTavish

Affiliation Yale School of Medicine, Dept. Neurobiology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

David C. Willhite

Affiliations The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale School of Medicine, Dept. Neurobiology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Shaina M. Short

Affiliations The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale School of Medicine, Dept. Neurobiology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Gordon M. Shepherd

Affiliation Yale School of Medicine, Dept. Neurobiology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Justus V. Verhagen

jverhagen@jbpierce.org

Affiliations The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale School of Medicine, Dept. Neurobiology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: JVV DCW GMS MRR TSM. Performed the experiments: MRR DCW. Analyzed the data: MRR JVV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TSM JVV DCW SMS. Wrote the paper: MRR JVV GMS SMS TSM DCW.