About the Authors

Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis

sgarbuzo@health.usf.edu

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Maria C. O. Rodrigues

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Diana G. Hernandez-Ontiveros

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Naoki Tajiri

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Aric Frisina-Deyo

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Sean M. Boffeli

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jerry V. Abraham

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Mibel Pabon

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Andrew Wagner

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Hiroto Ishikawa

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Kazutaka Shinozuka

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Edward Haller

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Paul R. Sanberg

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Yuji Kaneko

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Cesario V. Borlongan

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Borlongan, a senior co-author, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGD MCOR PRS CVB. Performed the experiments: MCOR DGHO NT AFD SMB JVA MP AW HI KS EH. Analyzed the data: SGD MCOR SMB JVA AW EH YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CVB. Wrote the paper: SGD EH CVB.