About the Authors

Kalindi Bakshi

Affiliations Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, The City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology & Neuroscience, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Developmental Neuroscience/Institute for Basic Research/City University of New York Graduate School, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Mary Kosciuk

Affiliation New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey, United States of America

Robert G. Nagele

Affiliation New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey, United States of America

Eitan Friedman

Affiliations Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, The City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology & Neuroscience, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Hoau-Yan Wang

hywang@med.cuny.edu

Affiliations Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, The City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology & Neuroscience, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-YW RN EF. Performed the experiments: KB MK. Analyzed the data: H-YW KB. Wrote the paper: H-YW KB EF.