About the Authors

Syed Y. Abbas

Affiliation Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Khaldoun C. Hamade

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ellen J. Yang

Affiliation Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Scott Nawy

Affiliations Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert G. Smith

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Diana L. Pettit

diana.pettit@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliation Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SYA EJY DLP. Performed the experiments: SYA. Analyzed the data: SYA KCH RGS DLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN RGS DLP. Wrote the paper: SYA DLP.