About the Authors

Liqin Zhao

liqinz@usc.edu (LZ); rbrinton@usc.edu (RDB)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Todd E. Morgan

Affiliation Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Zisu Mao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sharon Lin

Affiliation Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Enrique Cadenas

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Caleb E. Finch

Affiliation Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Christian J. Pike

Affiliation Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wendy J. Mack

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Roberta D. Brinton

liqinz@usc.edu (LZ); rbrinton@usc.edu (RDB)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ TEM EC CEF CJP WJM RDB. Performed the experiments: LZ TEM ZM SL. Analyzed the data: LZ TEM EC CEF CJP WJM RDB. Wrote the paper: LZ TEM EC CEF CJP WJM RDB.