About the Authors

Saurabh Vashishtha

Contributed equally to this work with: Saurabh Vashishtha, Gordon Broderick

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Gordon Broderick

Contributed equally to this work with: Saurabh Vashishtha, Gordon Broderick

gbroderick@nova.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Travis J. A. Craddock

Affiliations Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Mary Ann Fletcher

Affiliations Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Nancy G. Klimas

Affiliations Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV TJAC GB. Performed the experiments: SV. Analyzed the data: SV GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAF NGK. Wrote the paper: SV GB TJAC MAF NGK.