About the Authors

Becky J. Proskocil

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Donald A. Bruun

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Charles M. Thompson

Affiliation Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Allison D. Fryer

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Pamela J. Lein

pjlein@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF PJL. Performed the experiments: BJP DAB. Analyzed the data: BJP DAB AF PJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMT AF PJL. Wrote the paper: BJP PJL. Obtained funding to support the study: AF PJL. Edited the manuscript: CMT AF.