About the Authors

Ping Liu

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Bojun Chen

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Zeynep F. Altun

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Maegan J. Gross

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Alan Shan

Affiliation Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Benjamin Schuman

Affiliation Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

David H. Hall

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Zhao-Wen Wang

zwwang@uchc.edu

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL ZW. Performed the experiments: PL BC ZA ZW MG AS BS. Analyzed the data: PL BC ZA DH. Wrote the manuscript: ZW PL.