About the Authors

Russell C. Addis

raddis@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Fu-Chun Hsu

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rebecca L. Wright

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marc A. Dichter

Affiliations Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Douglas A. Coulter

Affiliations Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John D. Gearhart

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCA MAD DAC JDG. Performed the experiments: RCA F-CH RLW. Analyzed the data: RCA F-CH MAD DAC JDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCA F-CH RLW. Wrote the paper: RCA.