About the Authors

Abbie Chapman Johnson

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States of America

Keith J. Nagle

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States of America

Sarah M. Tremble

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States of America

Marilyn J. Cipolla

Marilyn.Cipolla@uvm.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJC. Performed the experiments: ACJ SMT. Analyzed the data: MJC ACJ SMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJC KJN. Wrote the paper: MJC ACJ.