About the Authors

Paula L. Diaz-Sylvester

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America

Maura Porta

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois, United States of America

Julio A. Copello

jcopello@siumed.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLD-S MP JAC. Performed the experiments: PLD-S MP JAC. Analyzed the data: PLD-S MP JAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAC. Wrote the paper: PLD-S JAC. Revised the manuscript: MP.