About the Authors

Aurora M. Fontainhas

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Minhua Wang

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Katharine J. Liang

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shan Chen

Affiliation Unit on Retinal Neurophysiology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pradeep Mettu

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mausam Damani

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert N. Fariss

Affiliation Biological Imaging Core, Office of the Scientific Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wei Li

Affiliation Unit on Retinal Neurophysiology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Wai T. Wong

wongw@nei.nih.gov

Affiliation Unit on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMF KJL SC WL WTW. Performed the experiments: AMF MW KJL SC MD WL WTW. Analyzed the data: AMF MW KJL SC PM MD WL WTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RNF WL WTW. Wrote the paper: AMF MW MD RNF WL WTW.