About the Authors

Ariel B. Abraham

Contributed equally to this work with: Ariel B. Abraham, Robert Bronstein

Affiliations Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, The Medical Scientist Training Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Robert Bronstein

Contributed equally to this work with: Ariel B. Abraham, Robert Bronstein

Affiliations Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Avanish S. Reddy

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Mirjana Maletic-Savatic

Affiliation Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Adan Aguirre

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Stella E. Tsirka

styliani-anna.tsirka@stonybrook.edu

Affiliations Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABA RB AA SET. Performed the experiments: ABA RB ASR. Analyzed the data: AA MMS SET ABA RB. Wrote the paper: ABA RB SET AA MMS.