About the Authors

Javad Barouei

Javad.Barouei@uon.edu.au

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, Laboratories of Neuroimmunology, School of Psychology, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Mahta Moussavi

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, Laboratories of Neuroimmunology, School of Psychology, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Deborah M. Hodgson

Affiliation Laboratories of Neuroimmunology, School of Psychology, the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB DH. Performed the experiments: JB MM. Analyzed the data: JB MM DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH. Wrote the paper: JB MM DH.