About the Authors

Elena G. Govorunova

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Mustapha Moussaif

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Andrey Kullyev

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ken C. Q. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Thomas V. McDonald

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

David H. Hall

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ji Y. Sze

jiying.sze@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG MM AK JYS. Performed the experiments: EG MM AK KCQN. Analyzed the data: EG MM AK TM DH JYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM DH JYS. Wrote the paper: EG MM TM DH JYS.