About the Authors

Ming D. Li

Ming_Li@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Jamie E. Mangold

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Chamindi Seneviratne

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Guo-Bo Chen

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Jennie Z. Ma

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Xiang-Yang Lou

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Thomas J. Payne

Affiliation ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education and Research, Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDL JZM TJP. Performed the experiments: MDL CS. Analyzed the data: MDL JM CS GBC JZM XYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDL JZM TJP. Wrote the paper: MDL JM CS XYL TJP.