About the Authors

Megan E. Rich

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Behavior, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Emily J. deCárdenas

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Behavior, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Heon-Jin Lee

Affiliation Department of Oral Microbiology, School of Dentistry and the Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

Heather K. Caldwell

hcaldwel@kent.edu

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Behavior, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MER HKC. Performed the experiments: MER EJdC. Analyzed the data: MER HKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MER HJL HKC. Wrote the paper: HKC.