About the Authors

Emily R. Hawken

Affiliations Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

Nicholas J. Delva

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Richard J. Beninger

beninger@queensu.ca

Affiliations Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

Competing Interests

E.R. Hawken declares no competing interest exist. N.J. Delva has read the journal’s policy and has the following conflict: he has received funding (ending in late 2009) from H. Lundbeck A/S for research unrelated to this study. R.J. Beninger has read the journal’s policy and has the following conflicts: he has been compenstated as an expert witness by Kenyon and Kenyon LLP (New York, New York, USA) acting for defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., and has carried out research under contract for Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre (Boulogne, France). This does not alter the author’s adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERH NJD RJB. Performed the experiments: ERH. Analyzed the data: ERH RJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJB. Wrote the paper: ERH NJD RJB.