About the Authors

Emmanuel S. Onaivi

*E-mail: OnaiviE@wpunj.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America, Molecular Neurobiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID)-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hiroki Ishiguro

Affiliations Molecular Neurobiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID)-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Jian-Ping Gong

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID)-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sejal Patel

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Paul A. Meozzi

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Lester Myers

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Alex Perchuk

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Zoila Mora

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Patricia A. Tagliaferro

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Eileen Gardner

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Alicia Brusco

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

B. Emmanuel Akinshola

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Howard University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Bruce Hope

Affiliation Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID)-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Javier Lujilde

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Toshiya Inada

Affiliation Chiba Medical Center, Teikyo University, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan

Shinya Iwasaki

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID)-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David Macharia

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Lindsey Teasenfitz

Affiliation Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, United States of America

Tadao Arinami

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID)-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

George R. Uhl

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID)-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EO HI PT. Performed the experiments: EO HI JG SP PM LM AP ZM JL TI SI DM LT. Analyzed the data: EO HI JG TI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GU AB EO HI JG EG BA BH TI TA. Wrote the paper: EO HI.