About the Authors

Anna-Kate Fowler

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Jeremy Thompson

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Lixia Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Marisela Dagda

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Janet Dertien

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Katina Sylvestre S. Dossou

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ruin Moaddel

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Susan E. Bergeson

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Inna I. Kruman

inna.kruman@ttuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IIK A-KF. Performed the experiments: JT JD LC MD RM KD. Analyzed the data: IIK A-KF MD RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IIK RM SEB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: IIK.