About the Authors

Verόnica Contreras-Shannon

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Saint Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Dylan L. Heart

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Saint Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

R. Madelaine Paredes

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Erica Navaira

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Gabriel Catano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration Center for Personalized Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Shivani Kaushal Maffi

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Medical Research Division, Regional Academic Health Center-Edinburg, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Consuelo Walss-Bass

walss@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VCS CWB. Performed the experiments: VCS DLH EN RMP. Analyzed the data: SKM GC. Wrote the paper: VCS CWB.