About the Authors

Ruturaj R. Masvekar

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Nazira El-Hage

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kurt F. Hauser

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Pamela E. Knapp

peknapp@vcu.edu

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PEK RRM KFH NE. Performed the experiments: RRM. Analyzed the data: PEK RRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PEK KFH. Wrote the paper: PEK RRM. Edited the manuscript: KFH NE.