About the Authors

John P. Norman

Affiliations Center for Neural Development and Disease, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology (Child Neurology Division), the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Seth W. Perry

Affiliations Center for Neural Development and Disease, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology (Child Neurology Division), the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Holly M. Reynolds

Affiliations Center for Neural Development and Disease, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology (Child Neurology Division), the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Michelle Kiebala

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Karen L. De Mesy Bentley

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Margarita Trejo

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences and Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

David J. Volsky

Affiliation Molecular Virology Division, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Sanjay B. Maggirwar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Stephen Dewhurst

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Eliezer Masliah

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences and Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Harris A. Gelbard

harris_gelbard@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliations Center for Neural Development and Disease, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology (Child Neurology Division), the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPN SWP SM HAG. Performed the experiments: JPN HMR MK KLdMB MT. Analyzed the data: JPN SWP HMR MK SM SD HAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLdMB MT EM. Wrote the paper: JPN DV SD EM HAG.