About the Authors

Sreeparna Majumdar

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Corrie L. Farris

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Brock E. Kabat

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Deborah O. Jung

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Buffy S. Ellsworth

bellsworth@siumed.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSE SM CLF. Performed the experiments: SM BSE BEK DOJ CLF. Analyzed the data: SM BSE CLF. Wrote the paper: BSE SM.