About the Authors

Yi Cao

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John F. Staropoli

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sunita Biswas

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Janice A. Espinola

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Marcy E. MacDonald

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jong-Min Lee

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Susan L. Cotman

cotman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLC MEM. Performed the experiments: YC JAE SB JFS. Analyzed the data: SB JML SLC JFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLC JML. Wrote the paper: SLC.