About the Authors

Graziella Mendonsa

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Program in Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Justyna Dobrowolska

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Program in Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Angela Lin

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Program in Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Pooja Vijairania

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Program in Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Y.-J. I. Jong

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Program in Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Nancy L. Baenziger

baenzign@thalamus.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Program in Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM PV YJIJ NLB. Performed the experiments: GM JD AL PV YJIJ NLB. Analyzed the data: GM JD AL PV YJIJ NLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NLB. Wrote the paper: GM NLB.