About the Authors

Mariton D. Santos

Contributed equally to this work with: Mariton D. Santos, Michael H. Mohammadi

Affiliation Departments of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael H. Mohammadi

Contributed equally to this work with: Mariton D. Santos, Michael H. Mohammadi

Affiliation Departments of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sunggu Yang

Affiliation Departments of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Conrad W. Liang

Affiliation Departments of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph P. Y. Kao

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Bradley E. Alger

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott M. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Cha-Min Tang

ctang@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Departments of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMT. Performed the experiments: MDS MHM SY CWL. Analyzed the data: BEA SMT CMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPYK. Wrote the paper: CMT.