About the Authors

Michael S. Sinclair

Affiliation Program in Neurosciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Isabel Perea-Martinez

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Gennady Dvoryanchikov

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Masahide Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Katsuhiko Nishimori

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Stephen D. Roper

Affiliations Program in Neurosciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Nirupa Chaudhari

NChaudhari@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Program in Neurosciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS IPM GD SDR NC. Performed the experiments: MSS IPM GD. Analyzed the data: MSS IPM GD MY KN SDR NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY KN SDR NC. Wrote the paper: MSS SDR NC.