About the Authors

Nathaniel Safren

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathaniel Safren, Amina El Ayadi

Affiliations Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Amina El Ayadi

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathaniel Safren, Amina El Ayadi

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Lydia Chang

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Chantelle E. Terrillion

Affiliations Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Todd D. Gould

Affiliations Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Darren F. Boehning

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Mervyn J. Monteiro

monteiro@umaryland.edu

Affiliations Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS AEA LC CET TDG DFB MJM. Performed the experiments: NS AEA LC. Analyzed the data: NS AEA CET TDG DFB MJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TDG. Wrote the paper: NS MJM.