About the Authors

Eva C. Bach

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Katalin Cs. Halmos

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Bret N. Smith

bret.smith@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECB BNS. Performed the experiments: ECB KCH. Analyzed the data: ECB KCH BNS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BNS. Wrote the paper: ECB KCH BNS.