About the Authors

John C. Umhau

umhau@jhu.edu

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David T. George

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert P. Heaney

Affiliation Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Michael D. Lewis

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

Robert J. Ursano

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Markus Heilig

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph R. Hibbeln

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph R. Hibbeln, Melanie L. Schwandt

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Melanie L. Schwandt

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph R. Hibbeln, Melanie L. Schwandt

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCU JRH MDL. Performed the experiments: JCU JRH MDL. Analyzed the data: JCU RPH MLS DTG RJU MH. Wrote the paper: JCU MLS. Critically revised manuscript for important intellectual content: DTG RPH MDL RJU MH JRH MLS.