About the Authors

Robert C. Speth

rs1251@nova.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Eduardo J. Carrera

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Catalina Bretón

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Andrea Linares

Affiliation Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Luz Gonzalez-Reiley

Affiliation Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Jamala D. Swindle

Affiliation Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Kira L. Santos

Affiliations Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ines Schadock

Affiliation Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Michael Bader

Affiliation Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Vardan T. Karamyan

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America, Center for Blood-Brain Barrier Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VTK RCS MB IS. Performed the experiments: RCS EJC MB IS KLS LG-R JDS CB AL. Analyzed the data: RCS EJC KLS LG-R JDS CB AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCS MB IS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RCS VTK MB IS EJC KLS AL LG-R JDS CB.