About the Authors

Hongwei Yu

hyu@mcw.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Gregory Fischer

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Lejla Ferhatovic

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

Fan Fan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Mississippi University Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Alan R. Light

Affiliation Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Dorothee Weihrauch

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Damir Sapunar

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

Hiroyuki Nakai

Affiliation Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Frank Park

Current address: College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Quinn H. Hogan

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HY QHH FP. Performed the experiments: HY GF LF FF DW. Analyzed the data: HY GF QHH DS ARL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF DW HN. Wrote the paper: HY QHH.