About the Authors

Philip J. Jensik

Contributed equally to this work with: Philip J. Jensik, Jesse D. Vargas

pjensik@siumed.edu

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

Jesse D. Vargas

Contributed equally to this work with: Philip J. Jensik, Jesse D. Vargas

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

Sara N. Reardon

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

Shivakumar Rajamanickam

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

Jodi I. Huggenvik

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

Michael W. Collard

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MWC JDV PJJ SR. Performed the experiments: JDV PJJ SNR SR. Analyzed the data: JDV PJJ JIH MWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JIH MWC. Wrote the paper: PJJ SR JIH MWC JDV.