About the Authors

Nora D. Volkow

nvolkow@nida.nih.gov

Affiliations National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dardo Tomasi

Affiliation National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gene-Jack Wang

Affiliation Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Frank Telang

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joanna S. Fowler

Affiliation Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Rita Z. Goldstein

Affiliation Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Nelly Klein

Affiliation Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Christopher Wong

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James M. Swanson

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Elena Shumay

Affiliation Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NV JF JS ES RG. Performed the experiments: NV JF ES DT CW FT NK RG GJW. Analyzed the data: NV JF JS ES DT GJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS JF ES DT. Wrote the paper: ES NV JF JS.