About the Authors

Ximena Paez-Colasante

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Bonnie Seaberg

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Tara L. Martinez

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lingling Kong

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Charlotte J. Sumner

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mendell Rimer

mjrimer@medicine.tamhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XP-C MR. Performed the experiments: XP-C BS. Analyzed the data: XP-C CJS MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLM LK CJS. Wrote the paper: XP-C MR.