About the Authors

Daniel Reinecke

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Frank Schwede

Affiliation Biolog Life Science Institute, Bremen, Germany

Hans-Gottfried Genieser

Affiliation Biolog Life Science Institute, Bremen, Germany

Roland Seifert

seifert.roland@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The corresponding author Roland Seifert serves as Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. 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: DR RS. Performed the experiments: DR. Analyzed the data: DR RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS HGG. Wrote the paper: DR FS HGG RS.