About the Authors
- Sandra A. Acosta
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Naoki Tajiri
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Kazutaka Shinozuka
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Hiroto Ishikawa
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Bethany Grimmig
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Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- David Diamond
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Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Paul R. Sanberg
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Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Office of Research and Innovation, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Paula C. Bickford
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Affiliations Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Yuji Kaneko
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Cesar V. Borlongan
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* E-mail: cborlong@health.usf.edu
Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
CVB is supported by National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 1R01NS071956-01, Department of Defense W81XWH-11-1-0634, James and Esther King Foundation for Biomedical Research Program, SanBio Inc., KMPHC and NeuralStem Inc. CVB is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CVB. Performed the experiments: SAA NT HI KS BG CVB. Analyzed the data: SAA NT PCB YK CVB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT KS HI BG DD PRS PCB YK CVB. Wrote the paper: SAA CVB.