About the Authors

Samah G. Abdel Baki

Affiliation Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Ben Schwab

Affiliation Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Margalit Haber

Affiliation Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

André A. Fenton

Affiliation Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Peter J. Bergold

pbergold@downstate.edu

Affiliation Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB. Performed the experiments: SGAB BS MH. Analyzed the data: SGAB AAF. Wrote the paper: AAF PB.