About the Authors

Tomas Drgon

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ping-Wu Zhang

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Catherine Johnson

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Donna Walther

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Judith Hess

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michelle Nino

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

George R. Uhl

guhl@intra.nida.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GU. Performed the experiments: TD PWZ CJ DW JH. Analyzed the data: TD CJ MN GU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TD PWZ CJ MN. Wrote the paper: TD GU.