About the Authors

Trent U. Steidinger

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Sunny R. Slone

Affiliation Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Huiping Ding

Affiliation Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

David G. Standaert

Affiliation Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Talene A. Yacoubian

tyacoub@uab.edu

Affiliation Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TUS DGS TAY. Performed the experiments: TUS SRS HD TAY. Analyzed the data: TUS SRS HD TAY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TAY DGS. Wrote the paper: TUS DGS TAY.