About the Authors

Longhua Zhang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Meina Wang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Tiziana Bisogno

Affiliation ECB Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, Pozzuoli, Italy

Vincenzo Di Marzo

Affiliation ECB Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, Pozzuoli, Italy

Bradley E. Alger

balgerlab@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BEA LZ VDM. Performed the experiments: LZ MW. Analyzed the data: LZ MW BEA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB VDM. Wrote the paper: LZ MW VDM BEA.