About the Authors

Cristina Martins-Silva

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Martins-Silva, Xavier De Jaeger

Current address: Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Affiliation Molecular Brain Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Xavier De Jaeger

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Martins-Silva, Xavier De Jaeger

Affiliations Molecular Brain Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Program in Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Monica S. Guzman

Affiliation Molecular Brain Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Ricardo D. F. Lima

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Magda S. Santos

Current address: Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Program in Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Christopher Kushmerick

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Marcus V. Gomez

Affiliation Program in Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Marc G. Caron

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Marco A. M. Prado

vprado@robarts.ca (VFP); mprado@robarts.ca (MAMP)

Affiliation Molecular Brain Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Vania F. Prado

vprado@robarts.ca (VFP); mprado@robarts.ca (MAMP)

Affiliation Molecular Brain Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VFP MAMP CK. Performed the experiments: CM-S XDJ MSG RDFL MSS. Analyzed the data: VFP MAMP CK CM-S XDJ MSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VFP MAMP MGC MVG CK. Wrote the paper: VFP. Revised manuscript: MAMP MGC MVG CK.