About the Authors

Emma Perez-Costas

Contributed equally to this work with: Emma Perez-Costas, Johanna C. Gandy

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Johanna C. Gandy

Contributed equally to this work with: Emma Perez-Costas, Johanna C. Gandy

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Miguel Melendez-Ferro

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Rosalinda C. Roberts

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Gautam N. Bijur

gautam@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB. Performed the experiments: EPC JCG MMF. Analyzed the data: EPC JCG MMF RCR GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCR GB. Wrote the paper: EPC JCG RCR GB.