About the Authors

Ravi S. Akundi

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Zhenyu Huang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Joshua Eason

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jignesh D. Pandya

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Lianteng Zhi

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Wayne A. Cass

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Patrick G. Sullivan

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Hansruedi Büeler

hansruedi.bueler@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB PGS. Performed the experiments: ZH RSA JE JDP LZ WAC. Analyzed the data: HB PGS WAC. Wrote the paper: HB.