About the Authors

Weiguo Song

Affiliation Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Cliff C. Kerr

cliffk@neurosim.downstate.edu

Affiliations Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

William W. Lytton

Affiliations Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, The Robert Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering SUNY Downstate and NYU-POLY, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Joseph T. Francis

Affiliations Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, The Robert Furchgott Center for Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering SUNY Downstate and NYU-POLY, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors would like to confirm that the fact that co-author William Lytton is a PLOS ONE editorial board member does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WS CK JF. Performed the experiments: WS CK. Analyzed the data: WS CK JF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WS CK WL JF. Wrote the paper: WS CK.