About the Authors

Sandra O’Connell

Affiliations Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Gearóid ÓLaighin

gearoid.olaighin@nuigalway.ie

Affiliations Electrical & Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland, CÚRAM, Center for Medical Device Research, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Lisa Kelly

Affiliation Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Elaine Murphy

Affiliation Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Sorcha Beirne

Affiliation Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Niall Burke

Affiliation Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Orlaith Kilgannon

Affiliation Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Leo R. Quinlan

Affiliations Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland, CÚRAM, Center for Medical Device Research, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LRQ SOC GOL. Performed the experiments: LK EM NB SB OK SOC. Analyzed the data: SOC LRQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LRQ. Wrote the paper: SOC LRQ GOL.