About the Authors

Lukasz P. Slomnicki

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

George Wei

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Darlene A. Burke

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Emily R. Hodges

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Scott A. Myers

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Christine D. Yarberry

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Johnny R. Morehouse

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Scott R. Whittemore

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Sujata Saraswat Ohri

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Michal Hetman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

michal.hetman@louisville.edu

Affiliations Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.