About the Authors
- Shuhua Chen
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jun Ming Wang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
- Ronald W. Irwin
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jia Yao
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Lifei Liu
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Affiliation Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Roberta Diaz Brinton
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* E-mail: rbrinton@usc.edu
Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors report the filing of the following patents based relevant to this research: 1) AGENTS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION (Application number: 12/701,309, Publication number: US 2010/0204192 A1, and Filing date: Feb 5, 2010). 2) ALLOPREGNANOLONE IN A METHOD FOR ENHANCING NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION (Application number: 12/526,604, Publication number: US 2010/0105646 A1, and Filing date: Jun 11, 2008). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SC JMW RDB. Performed the experiments: SC JMW RWI JY LL. Analyzed the data: SC JMW RWI JY LL RDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC JMW RWI JY LL RDB. Wrote the paper: SC JMW RWI JY RDB.