About the Authors

Srinagesh V. Koushik

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Paul S. Blank

Affiliation Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Steven S. Vogel

stevevog@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSV. Performed the experiments: SVK. Analyzed the data: SVK PSB SSV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SVK. Wrote the paper: SSV.