About the Authors

Jules B. Panksepp

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jbpanksepp@wisc.edu (JP); gplahvis@wisc.edu (GL)

Affiliation Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kimberly A. Jochman

Current address: Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Joseph U. Kim

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jamie J. Koy

Affiliation Undergraduate Program in Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ellie D. Wilson

Affiliation Undergraduate Program in Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

QiLiang Chen

Affiliation Undergraduate Program in Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Clarinda R. Wilson

Affiliation Undergraduate Program in Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Garet P. Lahvis

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jbpanksepp@wisc.edu (JP); gplahvis@wisc.edu (GL)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Waisman Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP GL. Performed the experiments: JP JK. Analyzed the data: JP KJ JK JK EW QC CW GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL. Wrote the paper: JP GL.