About the Authors

Mibel M. Pabon

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jennifer N. Jernberg

Affiliation Tulane University, Department of Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Josh Morganti

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jessika Contreras

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Charles E. Hudson

Affiliation James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Ronald L. Klein

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Paula C. Bickford

pbickfor@health.usf.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCB MP JNJ JM JC CEH RLK. Performed the experiments: MP JNJ JM JC CEH. Analyzed the data: PCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCB RLK. Wrote the paper: MP JNJ PCB.