About the Authors

Youngnam N. Jin

Affiliation Departmentsof Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Yanxun V. Yu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Soner Gundemir

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Chulman Jo

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Mei Cui

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Kim Tieu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Gail V. W. Johnson

gail_johnsonvoll@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliations Departmentsof Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ GJ. Performed the experiments: YJ CJ YY MC SG. Analyzed the data: YJ YY MC GJ KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJ. Wrote the paper: YJ GJ.