About the Authors

Rosie J. Naylor

Affiliation Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Leanda Livesey

Affiliation Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

John Schumacher

Affiliation Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Nicole Henke

Affiliation Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Claire Massey

Affiliation Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Kenny V. Brock

Affiliation Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Marta Fernandez-Fuente

Affiliation Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Richard J. Piercy

rpiercy@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJP LL KB RN. Performed the experiments: RJP LL RN MF CM NH JS. Analyzed the data: RN RJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB RJP. Wrote the paper: RJP RN CM MF LL NH JS KB.