About the Authors

Wojciech Dabrowski

w.dabrowski5@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Medical University, Lublin, Poland

Jacek M. Kwiecien

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, M. deGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Radoslaw Rola

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery and Paediatric Neurosurgery Medical University, Lublin, Poland

Michal Klapec

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology Medical University, Lublin, Poland

Greg J. Stanisz

Affiliations Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Ontario, Canada

Edyta Kotlinska-Hasiec

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Medical University, Lublin, Poland

Wendy Oakden

Affiliation Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rafal Janik

Affiliation Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Margaret Coote

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, M. deGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Benicio N. Frey

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, M. deGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Waldemar A. Turski

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WD JK GJS WAT EKH. Performed the experiments: WD JK RR MK GJS WO MC BNF EKH. Analyzed the data: WD JK GJS WO MC BNF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK GJS WO MC BNF RJ. Wrote the paper: WD JK BNF WAT EKH.