About the Authors

Yuh-Fung Chen

yfchen@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Huei-Yann Tsai

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuo-Jen Wu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Lian-Ru Siao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

W. Gibson Wood

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota and Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFC. Performed the experiments: KJW LRS. Analyzed the data: HYT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YFC. Wrote the manuscript: YFC HYT WGW.