About the Authors

Bryan T. MacDonald

Affiliation F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mikhail V. Semenov

Current address: Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Bedford VA Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Affiliation F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

He Huang

Current address: School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY-Buffalo), Buffalo, New York, United States of America.

Affiliation F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xi He

xi.he@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BTM XH. Performed the experiments: BTM MVS HH. Analyzed the data: BTM MVS HH XH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH. Wrote the paper: BTM XH.