About the Authors

Xiaoyuan Zhu

Affiliations Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Meng Li

Affiliations Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Xiaojian Li

Affiliations Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Zhiyong Yang

zhyang@georgiahealth.edu (ZY); jtsien@georgiahealth.edu (JZT)

Affiliations Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Joe Z. Tsien

zhyang@georgiahealth.edu (ZY); jtsien@georgiahealth.edu (JZT)

Affiliations Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZY JZT. Performed the experiments: XZ ZY. Analyzed the data: XZ ZY JZT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ ZY JZT ML XL. Wrote the paper: XZ ZY JZT ML XL.