About the Authors

Benjamin Soibam

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rachel L. Goldfeder

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Claire Manson-Bishop

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rachel Gamblin

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scott D. Pletcher

Affiliation University of Michigan Geriatrics Center, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Shishir Shah

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gemunu H. Gunaratne

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gregg W. Roman

gwroman@central.uh.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Biology of Behavior Institute, University of Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS SDP SS GHG GWR. Performed the experiments: BS RLG CMB RG. Analyzed the data: BS SDP SS GHG GWR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS SDP SS GHG GWR. Wrote the paper: BS SS GHG GWR. Designed the software used in analysis: BS SDP SS GHG.