About the Authors

Mark D. Alter

markalter1968@gmail.com

Affiliation Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rutwik Kharkar

Affiliation Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Keri E. Ramsey

Affiliation Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

David W. Craig

Affiliation Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Raun D. Melmed

Affiliation Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Theresa A. Grebe

Affiliation Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

R. Curtis Bay

Affiliation Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Sharman Ober-Reynolds

Affiliation Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Janet Kirwan

Affiliation Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Josh J. Jones

Affiliation Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

J. Blake Turner

Affiliation Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Rene Hen

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Dietrich A. Stephan

Affiliation Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA KR DC RM TG DS. Performed the experiments: MA KR JJ. Analyzed the data: MA JJ TG RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB DS RM TG BT. Wrote the paper: MA RH. Organized the clinical study: SO JK.