About the Authors

Zhen Gao

Affiliations Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Jillian C. Nissen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Kyungmin Ji

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Stella E. Tsirka

styliani-anna.tsirka@stonybrook.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Stella E. Tsirka is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZG JN ST. Performed the experiments: ZG JN. Analyzed the data: ZG JN ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZG JN KJ. Wrote the paper: ZG JN ST.