About the Authors

Timal S. Kannangara

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Victoria, Canada, Graduate Program of Neuroscience and The Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Victoria, Canada

Crystal A. Bostrom

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Andrea Ratzlaff

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Lee Thompson

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Robyn M. Cater

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Joana Gil-Mohapel

Affiliation Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Brian R. Christie

brain64@uvic.ca

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Victoria, Canada, Graduate Program of Neuroscience and The Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Victoria, Canada

Competing Interests

Brian Christie is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK CB JGM BC. Performed the experiments: TK CB AR RC LT. Analyzed the data: TK CB AR RC LT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BC. Wrote the paper: TK CB JGM BC.