About the Authors

Annina Huser

Contributed equally to this work with: Annina Huser, Astrid Rohwedder

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Astrid Rohwedder

Contributed equally to this work with: Annina Huser, Astrid Rohwedder

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Anthi A. Apostolopoulou

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Annekathrin Widmann

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Johanna E. Pfitzenmaier

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Elena M. Maiolo

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Mareike Selcho

Affiliation Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Dennis Pauls

Affiliation Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Alina von Essen

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Tripti Gupta

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Simon G. Sprecher

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Serge Birman

Affiliation Genetic and Physiopathology of Neurotransmission, ESPCI Neurobiology Unit, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France

Thomas Riemensperger

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology of Behavior, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Reinhard F. Stocker

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Andreas S. Thum

andreas.thum@uni-konstanz.de

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH AR AAA AW JEP EMM MS DP AvE TG SGS SB TR RFS AST. Performed the experiments: AH AR EMM MS DP AvE TG. Analyzed the data: AH AR EMM MS DP SGS AST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH SB TR RFS AST SGS MS DP. Wrote the paper: AST AH AR AAA AW JEP MS DP SGS SB TR RFS.