About the Authors

Madhusudhanan Narasimhan

madhu.narasimhan@ttuhsc.edu (MN); lenin.mahimainathan@ttuhsc.edu (LM)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, South Plains Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Dhyanesh Patel

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Dhanashree Vedpathak

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Marylatha Rathinam

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

George Henderson

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, South Plains Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Lenin Mahimainathan

madhu.narasimhan@ttuhsc.edu (MN); lenin.mahimainathan@ttuhsc.edu (LM)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, South Plains Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN LM. Performed the experiments: MN DP DV MR LM. Analyzed the data: MN LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GIH. Wrote the paper: MN LM.