About the Authors

Karin Dedek

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Chethan Pandarinath

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Nazia M. Alam

Affiliation Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Kerstin Wellershaus

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Timm Schubert

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Klaus Willecke

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Glen T. Prusky

Affiliation Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Reto Weiler

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Sheila Nirenberg

*E-mail: shn2010@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW SN GP KD. Performed the experiments: NA KD CP TS. Analyzed the data: GP NA KD CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW KW. Wrote the paper: SN KD.