About the Authors

Katherine A. Wilkinson

katherine.a.wilkinson@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Heidi E. Kloefkorn

Affiliation Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shawn Hochman

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was supported by a grant from Pfizer and S. Hochman served as paid consultant in an RLS advisory board meeting that was organized by Pfizer Inc. 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: KAW SH. Performed the experiments: KAW HEK. Analyzed the data: KAW HEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH KAW HEK. Wrote the paper: KAW HEK SH.