About the Authors

Crystal D. Hayes

Affiliation Section of Neurobiology, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Debleena Dey

Affiliation Section of Neurobiology, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Juan Pablo Palavicini

Affiliation Section of Neurobiology, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Hongjie Wang

Affiliation Section of Neurobiology, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Wataru Araki

Affiliation Department of Demyelinating Disease and Aging, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

Madepalli K. Lakshmana

mlakshmana@tpims.org

Affiliation Section of Neurobiology, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKL. Performed the experiments: CDH DD JPP HW WA. Analyzed the data: MKL DD CDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WA. Wrote the paper: MKL.