About the Authors

Elena Shumay

eshumay@bnl.gov (ES); fowler@bnl.gov (JSF); nvolkow@nida.nih.gov (NDV)

Affiliation Brookhaven National Laboratory, Medical Department, Upton, New York, United States of America

Joanna S. Fowler

eshumay@bnl.gov (ES); fowler@bnl.gov (JSF); nvolkow@nida.nih.gov (NDV)

Affiliation Brookhaven National Laboratory, Medical Department, Upton, New York, United States of America

Nora D. Volkow

eshumay@bnl.gov (ES); fowler@bnl.gov (JSF); nvolkow@nida.nih.gov (NDV)

Affiliation National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ES NDV. Performed the experiments: ES. Analyzed the data: ES. Wrote the paper: ES JSF NDV.