About the Authors

Pratik Y. Chhatbar

pratikchhatbar@gmail.com

Affiliation Joint Program in Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Joseph T. Francis

Affiliations Joint Program in Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Program in Neural and Behavioral Science at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, The Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural & Behavioral Science, 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: JTF PYC. Performed the experiments: PYC. Analyzed the data: PYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PYC. Wrote the paper: PYC JTF.