About the Authors

Sandra Marie Schaal

Affiliations The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, The Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Maneesh Sen Garg

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Mousumi Ghosh

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Lilie Lovera

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Michael Lopez

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Monal Patel

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jack Louro

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Samik Patel

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Luis Tuesta

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Wai-Man Chan

Affiliation The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Damien Daniel Pearse

DPearse@med.miami.edu

Affiliations The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, The Neuroscience Program, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, The Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Carnival Cruise Lines (commercial, funding provided as a donation with no commercial interest). This support does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDP SMS MSG. Performed the experiments: SMS MSG MG LL ML JL LT DDP. Analyzed the data: SMS MP WC MSG MG LT SP DDP. Wrote the paper: SMS WC MSG MG SP DDP.