About the Authors

Jaya R. P. Prasanthi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Tyler Larson

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Jared Schommer

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Othman Ghribi

othman.ghribi@med.und.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP OG. Performed the experiments: JP TL JS. Analyzed the data: JP OG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP TL JS OG. Wrote the paper: JP OG.