About the Authors

Michael S. Stalvey

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Katrina L. Clines

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Viktoria Havasi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Christopher R. McKibbin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Lauren K. Dunn

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

W. Joon Chung

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Gregory A. Clines

clines@uab.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS GAC. Performed the experiments: MSS KLC VH CRM LKD WJC GAC. Analyzed the data: MSS VH GAC. Wrote the paper: MSS GAC.