About the Authors
- Xiaoxing Ma
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Affiliations Medical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Mazen J. Hamadeh
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Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Brain R. Christie
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Affiliation Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- Jane A. Foster
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Brain-Body Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Mark A. Tarnopolsky
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* E-mail: tarnopol@mcmaster.ca
Affiliations Medical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Co-author Dr. Brian R. Christie is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MT. Performed the experiments: XM MH JF. Analyzed the data: XM MH BC JF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF MT. Wrote the paper: XM MH MT.