About the Authors

Amanjot Kaur Riar

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Madhusudhanan Narasimhan

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, South Plains Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Mary Latha Rathinam

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Dhanashree Vedpathak

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Srinivas Mummidi

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

George I. Henderson

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, South Plains Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Lenin Mahimainathan

lenin.mahimainathan@ttuhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, South Plains Alcohol and Addiction Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors hereby confirm that one of the authors, Dr. Srinivas Mummidi serves on the PLOS ONE editorial board in the capacity of an Academic Editor. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKR MN LM. Performed the experiments: AKR MN MR DV LM. Analyzed the data: AKR MN SM LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GIH. Wrote the paper: AKR MN SM GIH LM.