About the Authors

Brian E. Roe

roe.30@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Michael R. Tilley

Affiliation Division of Science and Math, Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri, United States of America

Howard H. Gu

Affiliation Departments of Radiology, Neurology and Psychology and the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

David Q. Beversdorf

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Wolfgang Sadee

Affiliation Departments of Radiology, Neurology and Psychology and the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Timothy C. Haab

Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Audrey C. Papp

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BER DQB TCH. Performed the experiments: BER MRT HRG TCH. Analyzed the data: MRT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRG WS ACP. Wrote the paper: BER MRT HRG DQB WS TCH ACP. Secured seed funding and managed all human subjects elements: BER. Handled the biological samples: HRG.