About the Authors

Isabel Perea-Martinez

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Takatoshi Nagai

Affiliation Department of Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Nirupa Chaudhari

nchaudhari@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Program in Neurosciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IP-M NC. Performed the experiments: IP-M TN NC. Analyzed the data: IP-M NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC. Wrote the paper: IP-M NC. Edited the manuscript: IP-M TN NC.