About the Authors

Dimitrios E. Kouzoukas

dimitrios.kouzoukas@va.gov

Affiliations Research and Development, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Fei Ma

Affiliations Research and Development, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Karin N. Westlund

Affiliations Research and Development, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

David E. Hunt

Affiliation Research and Development, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Pedro L. Vera

Affiliations Research and Development, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEK KLMS KNW PLV. Performed the experiments: DEK KLMS FM. Analyzed the data: DEK KLMS FM DEH PLV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLV KLMS KNW. Wrote the paper: DEK PLV KLMS KNW FM DEH.