About the Authors

Albino J. Oliveira-Maia

albinojorgemai@gmail.com

Current address: Champalimaud Neuroscience Program, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Craig D. Roberts

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Q. David Walker

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Brooke Luo

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Cynthia Kuhn

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sidney A. Simon

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Miguel A. L. Nicolelis

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJOM CDR SAS MALN. Performed the experiments: AJOM CDR QDW. Analyzed the data: AJOM QDW BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK SAS MALN. Wrote the paper: AJOM QDW CK SAS MALN.