About the Authors

Nan Sook Lee

nanlee@usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Zilkha Neurogenetics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Joyce G. Rohan

Current address: Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Zilkha Neurogenetics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Madison Zitting

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sonia Kamath

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Zilkha Neurogenetics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Andrew Weitz

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Arnold Sipos

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

Paul M. Salvaterra

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience, Beckman research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Kouichi Hasegawa

Current address: Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Affiliation Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Martin Pera

Current address: The Stem Cell Program, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Affiliation Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Robert H. Chow

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Zilkha Neurogenetics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: NSL. Contributed to very helpful discussions/advice: PMS KH MP AW RHC. Edited the manuscript: PMS KH MP AW RHC. Executed experiments of constructing reporters with SK, and all other molecular and cell biological assays: NSL. Performed electrophysiological experiments: JGR. Contributed to measurement of [Ca2+]I: MZ. Contributed to imaging of [Ca2+]I: AW. Contributed pINS-GFP construct: KH. Helped write the manuscript: PMS. Designed and wrote the manuscript: NSL RHC.