Accepted for Publication: November 16, 2021.
Published Online: February 2, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4209
Corresponding Author: Peter Sterling, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (psterlin@gmail.com).
Author Contributions: Drs Sterling and Platt had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Both authors.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Both authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: Both authors.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Both authors.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Sterling.
Supervision: Sterling.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Platt reported receiving grant support from the National Institutes of Health (R37-MH10978, R01-MH108627, R01-MH118203, U01-MH121260, R21-AG073958, R56-MH122819, R56-AG071023), the National Science Foundation (NSF 21-10037), and the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation, and is cofounder of Cogwear LLC, and a scientific advisor to Neuroflow Inc, Amplio, Blue Horizon International, and Progenity. No other disclosures were reported.
Additional Contributions: We thank Felipe Parodi, BA, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, for preparing Figures 1, 2, and 4; Bart Borghuis, PhD, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, for preparing Figure 2C; and Mary Reilly, MFA, for preparing Figure 3, all without financial compensation.
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