About the Authors

Matthew J. Fuxjager

mfoxhunter@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Julia Barske

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sienmi Du

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lainy B. Day

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, United States of America

Barney A. Schlinger

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJF BAS LBD SD. Performed the experiments: MJF JB. Analyzed the data: MJF BAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB LBD BAS. Wrote the paper: MJF BAS.