About the Authors

Liqun Liu-Yesucevitz

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aylin Bilgutay

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yong-Jie Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Tara Vanderwyde

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Allison Citro

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tapan Mehta

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nava Zaarur

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ann McKee

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert Bowser

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael Sherman

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leonard Petrucelli

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Benjamin Wolozin

bwolozin@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW. Performed the experiments: LLY AB TV AC TM NZ. Analyzed the data: LLY MS LP BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLY YJZ AM RB LP. Wrote the paper: LLY LP BW.