About the Authors

Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis

sgarbuzo@health.usf.edu

Affiliations College of Medicine, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Michael K. Louis

Affiliation College of Medicine, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Edward M. Haller

Affiliation Electron Microscopy Core, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Hiranya M. Derasari

Affiliation College of Medicine, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Ashley E. Rawls

Affiliation College of Medicine, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Paul R. Sanberg

Affiliations College of Medicine, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGD PRS. Performed the experiments: MKL EMH HMD AER. Analyzed the data: SGD EMH MKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRS. Wrote the paper: SGD.