About the Authors

Vishruti Makani

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Yong-gil Jang

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Kevin Christopher

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Wesley Judy

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Jacob Eckstein

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Kenneth Hensley

Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Nicolas Chiaia

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Dong-Shik Kim

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Joshua Park

Joshua.park2@utoledo.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP VM KH DK NC. Performed the experiments: VM JP YJ KC NC DK JE. Analyzed the data: VM JP YJ WJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP NC DK KH. Wrote the paper: JP VM.