About the Authors

Ashley W. Seifert

seifert@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

James R. Monaghan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

S. Randal Voss

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Malcolm Maden

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AWS MM. Performed the experiments: AWS JRM MM. Analyzed the data: AWS JRM SRV MM. Wrote the paper: AWS. Commented and edited the manuscript: JRM SRV MM.