About the Authors

Hector N. Aguilar

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Barbara Zielnik

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Curtis N. Tracey

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Bryan F. Mitchell

brymitch@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HNA BFM. Performed the experiments: HNA CNT BZ. Analyzed the data: HNA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BFM. Wrote the paper: HNA BFM.