About the Authors

Angela K. Walker

Affiliation The Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism) and the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Won-Mee Park

Affiliation The Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism) and the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jen-Chieh Chuang

Affiliation The Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism) and the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Mario Perello

Affiliation The Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism) and the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Ichiro Sakata

Affiliation The Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism) and the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Sherri Osborne-Lawrence

Affiliation The Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism) and the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey M. Zigman

Jeffrey.Zigman@UTSouthwestern.edu

Affiliation The Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hypothalamic Research and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism) and the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMZ. Performed the experiments: AKW WP JC MP IS SOL. Analyzed the data: AKW WP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMZ. Wrote the paper: AKW JMZ.