About the Authors

Yuchun Zhang

Affiliations Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andres Buonanno

Affiliation Section on Molecular Neurobiology, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert P. Vertes

Affiliation Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America

Walter B. Hoover

Affiliation Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America

John E. Lisman

Lisman@brandeis.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEL AB WBH RPV. Performed the experiments: YZ. Analyzed the data: YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB. Wrote the paper: YZ JEL.