About the Authors

Shashaank Vattikuti

vattikutis@mail.nih.gov (SV); carsonc@mail.nih.gov (CCC)

Affiliation Mathematical Biology Section, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Phyllis Thangaraj

Affiliation Mathematical Biology Section, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hua W. Xie

Affiliation Mathematical Biology Section, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen J. Gotts

Affiliation Cognitive Neuropsychology Section, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alex Martin

Affiliation Cognitive Neuropsychology Section, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Carson C. Chow

vattikutis@mail.nih.gov (SV); carsonc@mail.nih.gov (CCC)

Affiliation Mathematical Biology Section, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV CCC SJG AM. Performed the experiments: SV CCC PT HWX. Analyzed the data: SV CCC. Wrote the paper: SV CCC SJG AM PT.