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Abraham Mathai, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA, Tel: +1-404-727-7238, abraham.mathai@emory.edu,
OR Yoland Smith, PhD, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA, Tel: +1-404-727-7519, ysmit01@emory.edu.
A.M. and Y.S. designed the study; A.M. performed the experiments and analyzed the data; T.W. provided expert guidance throughout the project; A.M., T.W. and Y.S. wrote the manuscript.
The authors would like to thank Mr. Jean-Francois Paré and Ms. Susan Jenkins for their valuable technical assistance.
None of the authors has a conflict of interest.
A.M. is a doctoral candidate employed by Emory University’s PhD Neuroscience program, and has owned a non-controlling stake in OPKO Health, Inc.
T.W. is employed by Emory University (School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology), and is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Bachmann-Strauss Foundation; During the last year, he has received a speaker’s honorarium from SUNY Buffalo, and has been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Y.S. is employed by Emory University (School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology). During the last year, he has received honoraria for his services, as a consultant and reviewer of grant proposals, from the National Institutes of Health, Skolkovo Foundation (Russia), CHDI Foundation (USA) and AERES Foundation (France); and has been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
This work was supported by NIH grants P50 NS071669 (Udall Center grant, T.W., Y.S.) and R01 NS037948 (Y.S.); and by the National Center for Research Resources P51RR000165; and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs / OD P51OD011132 to the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
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