About the Authors

Balwantray C. Chauhan

bal@dal.ca

Affiliations Retina and Optic Nerve Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Kelly T. Stevens

Affiliations Retina and Optic Nerve Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Julie M. Levesque

Affiliations Retina and Optic Nerve Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Andrea C. Nuschke

Affiliations Retina and Optic Nerve Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Glen P. Sharpe

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Neil O'Leary

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Michele L. Archibald

Affiliations Retina and Optic Nerve Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Xu Wang

Affiliations Retina and Optic Nerve Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BCC XW. Performed the experiments: BCC KTS JML MLA XW. Analyzed the data: BCC ACN GPS NO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO. Wrote the paper: BCC XW.