About the Authors

Yuhai Zhao

Current address: University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Frederic Calon

Affiliation Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval Research Centre (CHUL), Quebec, Canada

Carl Julien

Affiliation Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval Research Centre (CHUL), Quebec, Canada

Jeremy W. Winkler

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicos A. Petasis

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Walter J. Lukiw

nbazan@lsuhsc.edu (NGB); wlukiw@lsuhsc.edu (WJL)

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Nicolas G. Bazan

nbazan@lsuhsc.edu (NGB); wlukiw@lsuhsc.edu (WJL)

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ WJL NGB. Performed the experiments: YZ WJL. Analyzed the data: YZ WJL NGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWW CJ NAP FC. Wrote the paper: YZ WJL NGB.