About the Authors

Jian-Yi Xu

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Rongqing Chen

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jian Zhang

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Chu Chen

cchen@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ CC. Performed the experiments: JYX RC JZ CC. Analyzed the data: JYX RC JZ CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYX JZ CC. Wrote the paper: CC.