About the Authors

Anna E. Cartier

Affiliations Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Kiren Ubhi

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Brian Spencer

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ruben A. Vazquez-Roque

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, México

Kori Ann Kosberg

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lawrence Fourgeaud

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute of Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Priya Kanayson

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christina Patrick

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Edward Rockenstein

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gentry N. Patrick

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eliezer Masliah

emasliah@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC ER GP EM BS. Performed the experiments: AC RVR KAK PK LF CP ER BS. Analyzed the data: AC CP EM BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER GP EM BS. Wrote the paper: AC KU EM.