About the Authors

William J. Buchser

Affiliation Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Departments of Pharmacology and Neurological Surgery, and Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Robin P. Smith

Affiliation Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Departments of Pharmacology and Neurological Surgery, and Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jose R. Pardinas

Affiliation Egea Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Candace L. Haddox

Affiliation Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Departments of Pharmacology and Neurological Surgery, and Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Thomas Hutson

Affiliation Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Lawrence Moon

Affiliation Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Stanley R. Hoffman

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

John L. Bixby

jbixby@miami.edu (JLB); vlemmon@miami.edu (VPL)

Affiliation Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Departments of Pharmacology and Neurological Surgery, and Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Vance P. Lemmon

jbixby@miami.edu (JLB); vlemmon@miami.edu (VPL)

Affiliation Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Departments of Pharmacology and Neurological Surgery, and Neuroscience Program, 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: WJB JRP JLB VPL. Performed the experiments: WJB CLH TH LM. Analyzed the data: WJB RPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRH. Wrote the paper: WJB.