About the Authors

Iskandar F. Abdullaev

Affiliation Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Alena Rudkouskaya

Current address: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Alexander A. Mongin

mongina@mail.amc.edu

Affiliation Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Yu-Hung Kuo

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IFA AR AAM YHK. Performed the experiments: IFA AR. Analyzed the data: IFA AR AAM YHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YHK. Wrote the paper: IFA AAM YHK.