About the Authors

John C. Umhau

Umhau@nih.gov

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

Weiyin Zhou

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

Shantalaxmi Thada

Affiliation PET Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James Demar

Affiliations Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nahed Hussein

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

Abesh K. Bhattacharjee

Affiliation Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kaizong Ma

Affiliation Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sharon Majchrzak-Hong

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

Peter Herscovitch

Affiliation PET Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Norman Salem Jr

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

Abigail Urish

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

Joseph R. Hibbeln

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

Stephen C. Cunnane

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrook, Quebec, Canada

Stanley I. Rapoport

Affiliation Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jussi Hirvonen

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCU SIR PH NS. Performed the experiments: JCU JD NH AKB KM SM-H JRH. Analyzed the data: JCU WZ ST SIR AU JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH SIR NS. Wrote the paper: JCU SIR ST WZ. Interpretation of data: SC NS SIR JCU.