About the Authors

Cheryl A. Hawkes

Affiliation Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Patrick M. Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham VA Medical Center and GRECC, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sarah Hands

Affiliation Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Roy O. Weller

Affiliation Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

James A. R. Nicoll

Affiliation Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Roxana O. Carare

rcn@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAH ROC. Performed the experiments: CAH SH. Analyzed the data: CAH JARN ROW ROC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMS. Wrote the paper: CAH ROC ROW JARN.