About the Authors

Matthew P. Rowan

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Sonya M. Bierbower

Affiliation Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Michael A. Eskander

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Kalina Szteyn

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Elaine D. Por

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Ruben Gomez

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Nicholas Veldhuis

Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Monash Institute of Pharmacological Sciences, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Nigel W. Bunnett

Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Monash Institute of Pharmacological Sciences, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Nathaniel A. Jeske

jeske@uthscsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPR SMB MAE KS EDP NV NWB NAJ. Performed the experiments: MPR SMB MAE KS EDP RG NV. Analyzed the data: MPR SMB MAE KS NAJ. Wrote the paper: MPR NAJ.