About the Authors

Lydia Jiménez-Díaz

Contributed equally to this work with: Lydia Jiménez-Díaz, Sandrine M. Géranton

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Departmento Fisiología, Facultad Medicina, Instituto Neurociencias Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Sandrine M. Géranton

Contributed equally to this work with: Lydia Jiménez-Díaz, Sandrine M. Géranton

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Gayle M. Passmore

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

J. Lianne Leith

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Amy S. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Laura Berliocchi

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, IRRCS C. Mondino, Center of Experimental Neurobiology Mondino-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Anantha K. Sivasubramaniam

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Anne Sheasby

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Bridget M. Lumb

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Stephen P. Hunt

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hunt@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH LJ SG. Performed the experiments: SH GP JL AF AS AS LJ SG. Analyzed the data: SH GP JL AF LJ SG LB. Wrote the paper: SH LJ SG. Other: Participated in the design of the electromyographic experiments: BL. Designed part of the behavioural studies: AF.