About the Authors

Joana Gil-Mohapel

Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Gil-Mohapel, Patricia S. Brocardo

Affiliation Division of Medical Sciences, Island Medical Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Patricia S. Brocardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Joana Gil-Mohapel, Patricia S. Brocardo

Affiliation Division of Medical Sciences, Island Medical Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Will Choquette

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, Island Medical Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Russ Gothard

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, Island Medical Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jessica M. Simpson

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, Island Medical Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Brian R. Christie

brain64@uvic.ca

Affiliations Division of Medical Sciences, Island Medical Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Brain Research Centre and Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGM PSB BRC. Performed the experiments: JGM PSB WC RG JMS. Analyzed the data: JGM PSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BRC. Wrote the manuscript: JGM PSB BRC.