About the Authors

Gustavo A. Barisone

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Tin Ngo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Martin Tran

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Daniel Cortes

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Mehdi H. Shahi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Tuong-Vi Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Daniel Perez-Lanza

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Wanna Matayasuwan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Elva Díaz

ediaz@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAB ED. Performed the experiments: GAB TN MT DC TVN DP-L WM. Analyzed the data: GAB. Wrote the paper: GAB ED. Performed preliminary experiments that were repeated and followed up by the lead author: MHS.