About the Authors

Marta Fernandez-Fuente

Affiliation Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Cesare M. Terracciano

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Electrophysiology, Imperial College London, Myocardial Function, National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Pilar Martin-Duque

Affiliation Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Facultad de Ciencias Biosanitarias: Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Madrid, Spain

Susan C. Brown

Affiliation Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Georges Vassaux

Affiliation Laboratoire TIRO, UMRE 4320, iBEB, DSV, Commissariat a’ l’Energie Atomique, Nice, France

Richard J. Piercy

rpiercy@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, 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 MF CMT. Performed the experiments: MF CMT PM GV. Analyzed the data: MF CMT RJP SCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMT RJP PM GV. Wrote the paper: RJP MF.