About the Authors

Maria Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda

Current address: Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Roy J. and A. Lucille Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Henry L. Keen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Roy J. and A. Lucille Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Deborah R. Davis

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Roy J. and A. Lucille Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Justin L. Grobe

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Roy J. and A. Lucille Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Curt D. Sigmund

curt-sigmund@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Roy J. and A. Lucille Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MACS CDS. Performed the experiments: MACS DRD. Analyzed the data: MACS HLK JLG CDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MACS HLK DRD JLG CDS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MACS HLK JLG CDS.