About the Authors

Crystal L. Coolbaugh

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Ivan B. Anderson

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Machelle D. Wilson

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

David A. Hawkins

dahawkins@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Ezra A. Amsterdam

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLC IBA MDW DAH EAA. Performed the experiments: CLC IBA DAH. Analyzed the data: CLC IBA MDW DAH EAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLC IBA MDW DAH. Wrote the paper: CLC IBA MDW DAH EAA.