About the Authors

Siva K. Panguluri

Contributed equally to this work with: Siva K. Panguluri, Shephali Bhatnagar

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Shephali Bhatnagar

Contributed equally to this work with: Siva K. Panguluri, Shephali Bhatnagar

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Akhilesh Kumar

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

John J. McCarthy

Affiliation Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Apurva K. Srivastava

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Toxicology and Pharmacology, Applied & Developmental Research Directorate SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Nigel G. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Robert F. Lundy

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Ashok Kumar

ashok.kumar@louisville.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKP NGC RFL AK. Performed the experiments: SKP SB AK. Analyzed the data: SKP SB AKS NGC RFL AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJM. Wrote the paper: SKP SB AK.