About the Authors

Wendy M. Knowlton

Contributed equally to this work with: Wendy M. Knowlton, Richard L. Daniels, Radhika Palkar

Affiliations Neurobiology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Richard L. Daniels

Contributed equally to this work with: Wendy M. Knowlton, Richard L. Daniels, Radhika Palkar

Current address: Biology Department, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America

Affiliations Neurobiology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Radhika Palkar

Contributed equally to this work with: Wendy M. Knowlton, Richard L. Daniels, Radhika Palkar

Affiliations Neurobiology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Daniel D. McCoy

Affiliations Neurobiology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David D. McKemy

mckemy@usc.edu

Affiliations Neurobiology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMK RLD D. McKemy. Performed the experiments: WMK RLD RP D. McCoy. Analyzed the data: WMK RLD RP D. McKemy. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WMK RLD RP D. McCoy D. McKemy. Wrote the paper: WMK RLD RP D. McKemy.