About the Authors

Ihssane Zouikr

Ihssane.zouikr@uon.edu.au

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Melissa A. Tadros

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Vicki L. Clifton

Affiliation Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Kenneth W. Beagley

Affiliation Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Deborah M. Hodgson

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Intellectual contribution and critical input: VLC KWB. Conceived and designed the experiments: IZ. Performed the experiments: IZ. Analyzed the data: IZ. Wrote the paper: IZ MAT DMH.