About the Authors

W. John Sheward

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Erik Naylor

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Seymour Knowles-Barley

Affiliation Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

J. Douglas Armstrong

Affiliation Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gillian A. Brooker

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jonathan R. Seckl

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Fred W. Turek

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Megan C. Holmes

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Phyllis C. Zee

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Anthony J. Harmar

tony.harmar@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJS EN DA FWT MCH PCZ AJH. Performed the experiments: WJS EN GAB. Analyzed the data: WJS EN SKB DA FWT MCH PCZ AJH. Wrote the paper: WJS EN JRS AJH.