About the Authors

Katherine G. Akers

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Zhen Yang

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Dominic P. DelVecchio

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Bethany C. Reeb

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Russell D. Romeo

Affiliations Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Barnard College, New York, New York, United States of America, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Bruce S. McEwen

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Akaysha C. Tang

akaysha@unm.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KGA BCR ACT. Performed the experiments: KGA ZY DPD BCR RDR ACT. Analyzed the data: KGA ZY. Wrote the paper: KGA BSM ACT.