About the Authors

Shumin Bian

Affiliation Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Dhasakumar Navaratnam

Affiliations Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Joseph Santos-Sacchi

joseph.santos-sacchi@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB DN JSS. Performed the experiments: SB. Analyzed the data: SB JSS. Wrote the paper: JSS SB.