About the Authors

Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana

skhatana@gmail.com

Affiliations Research Enhancement Award Program at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joshua Kane

Affiliation Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Tracey H. Taveira

Affiliations Research Enhancement Award Program at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Mark S. Bauer

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wen-Chih Wu

Affiliations Research Enhancement Award Program at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK JK MSB THT W-CW. Performed the experiments: THT W-CW. Analyzed the data: SK JK W-CW. Wrote the paper: SK JK W-CW. Reviewed and edited manuscript: THT MSB W-CW.