About the Authors

Lichuan Yang

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America

Noel Y. Calingasan

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America

Bobby Thomas

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America

Rajnish K. Chaturvedi

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America

Mahmoud Kiaei

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America

Elizabeth J. Wille

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America

Karen T. Liby

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Charlotte Williams

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Darlene Royce

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Renee Risingsong

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Eric S. Musiek

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jason D. Morrow

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Michael Sporn

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

M. Flint Beal

fbeal@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LY MFB. Performed the experiments: LY NC BT RKC MK EJW KTL CW DR RR ESM JDM MBS MFB. Analyzed the data: LY NC JDM MBS MFB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDM MBS MFB. Wrote the paper: LY MFB.