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- Received April 16, 2012
- Revision received July 27, 2012
- Accepted August 17, 2012
- First published October 17, 2012.
- Version of record published October 17, 2012.
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Author contributions
Author contributions: L.M.C., H.-X.Q., and J.H.K. designed research; L.M.C. and H.-X.Q. performed research; L.M.C. and H.-X.Q. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; L.M.C. and H.-X.Q. analyzed data; L.M.C., H.-X.Q., and J.H.K. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received April 16, 2012.
- Revision received July 27, 2012.
- Accepted August 17, 2012.
This work is supported by a Dana Foundation Grant (L.M.C.), National Institutes of Health Grants NS057399 and NS067017 (H.-X.Q.) and NS16446 (J.H.K.), and an award from the Dana and Christopher Reeve Foundation (J.H.K.). We thank Drs. Barbara C. Dillenburger, Feng Wang, and Omar A. Gharbawie for their assistance in data collection and Chaohui Tang for her excellent technical support on animal preparation. We also thank Dr. Anna Roe for allowing us to use her electrophysiology and optical imaging equipment. We declare that our research was conducted in accordance with the Statement of Ethical Standards. Vanderbilt University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approved all the procedures described in this manuscript.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Li Min Chen, Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37027. limin.chen{at}vanderbilt.edu
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