About the Authors

Masoud Shekarabi

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Neuroscience of the Université de Montréal (CENUM), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ron G. Lafrenière

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Neuroscience of the Université de Montréal (CENUM), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rébecca Gaudet

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Neuroscience of the Université de Montréal (CENUM), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Janet Laganière

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Neuroscience of the Université de Montréal (CENUM), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Martin M. Marcinkiewicz

Affiliation Cytochem Inc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Patrick A. Dion

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Neuroscience of the Université de Montréal (CENUM), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Pathology and Cellular Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Guy A. Rouleau

guy.rouleau@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Neuroscience of the Université de Montréal (CENUM), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Pathology and Cellular Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center and Department of Paediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

MMM is employed by Cytochem Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: MS RGL GAR PD. Performed the experiments: MS RG MMM JL. Analyzed the data: MS RGL MMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS RG MMM. Wrote the paper: MS.