About the Authors

Dong-Young Choi

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Mei Liu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Randy L. Hunter

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Wayne A. Cass

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jignesh D. Pandya

Affiliation Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Patrick G. Sullivan

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Eun-Joo Shin

Affiliation Neuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, South Korea

Hyoung-Chun Kim

Affiliation Neuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology Program, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, South Korea

Don M. Gash

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Guoying Bing

gbing@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DYC RLH HCK GB. Performed the experiments: DYC ML WAC JDP EJS. Analyzed the data: DYC RLH JDP EJS DMG GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGS. Wrote the paper: DYC RLH. Quality control: DMG.