About the Authors

Duong P. Huynh

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Marwan Maalouf

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Alcino J. Silva

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Felix E. Schweizer

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stefan M. Pulst

stefan.pulst@hsc.utah.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Brain Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPH MM. Performed the experiments: DPH MM. Analyzed the data: DPH AJS FES SMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJS FES SMP. Wrote the paper: DPH. Helped analyze and interpret experiments and critically revised the manuscript: SMP. Responsible for the overall interpretation of the manuscript and has final approval for the publication of the manuscript: SMP. Helped analyze results of group B mice: MM. Helped interpret Morris watermaze and fear conditioning experiments, and the taste aversion tests: AJS. Critically proofread and revised the manuscript: AJS. Helped interpret LTP experiments and critically revised the manuscript: FES.