About the Authors

Natalia M. Grin’kina

Affiliations Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, United States of America

Yang Li

Current address: New York Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr., Kolb Annex 669, New York, NY, 10032–1007, United States of America

Affiliation Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Margalit Haber

Current address: Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rm 227, 12725 Twinbrook Pkwy, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Affiliations Program in Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America, Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Michael Sangobowale

Affiliation Program in Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Elena Nikulina

Affiliations Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, United States of America

Charm Le’Pre

Affiliation Program in Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Alexander M. El Sehamy

Affiliation Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Rachelle Dugue

Affiliation Program in Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Johnson S. Ho

Affiliation Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Peter J. Bergold

pbergold@downstate.edu

Affiliations Program in Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America, Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NMG PJB. Performed the experiments: NMG YL MH MS EN CL AME JH. Analyzed the data: NMG MH MS JH PJB EN RD. Wrote the paper: NMG MH JH PJB.