About the Authors

Kristin Elfers

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristin Elfers, Isabell Marr

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15/102, 30173, Hannover, Germany

Isabell Marr

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristin Elfers, Isabell Marr

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15/102, 30173, Hannover, Germany

Mirja R. Wilkens

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15/102, 30173, Hannover, Germany

Gerhard Breves

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15/102, 30173, Hannover, Germany

Marion Langeheine

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15/122, 30173, Hannover, Germany

Ralph Brehm

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15/122, 30173, Hannover, Germany

Alexandra S. Muscher-Banse

alexandra.muscher@tiho-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15/102, 30173, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASM. Performed the experiments: IM KE MRW ML RB ASM. Analyzed the data: IM KE MRW GB ASM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IM MRW KE ML RB ASM. Wrote the paper: KE IM GB ASM.