About the Authors

Martha Douglas-Escobar

marthave@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Candace Rossignol

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Dennis Steindler

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Tong Zheng

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Michael D. Weiss

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDE CR MDW TZ DS. Performed the experiments: MDE CR MDW TZ.

. Analyzed the data: MDE CR MDW TZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDE MDW TZ DS. Wrote the paper: MDE CR MDW

. Author contributions included given stem cells (Multipotent Astrocytic stem cells) for the experiments: TZ DS.