About the Authors

Yili Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul Smolen

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Douglas A. Baxter

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John H. Byrne

John.H.Byrne@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ PS JHB. Performed the experiments: YZ. Analyzed the data: YZ PS DAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ PS DAB. Wrote the paper: YZ PS DAB JHB.