About the Authors

Rajesh G. Katare

katarerajesh@yahoo.com

Current address: Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Control, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan

Motonori Ando

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Control, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan

Yoshihiko Kakinuma

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Control, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan

Takayuki Sato

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Control, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RGK. Performed the experiments: RGK MA. Analyzed the data: RGK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RGK YK. Wrote the paper: RGK. Obtained funding for the project: TS.