About the Authors

Michelle Re

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle Re, Macarena Pampillo, Martin Savard

Affiliations The Children's Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Macarena Pampillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle Re, Macarena Pampillo, Martin Savard

Affiliations The Children's Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Martin Savard

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle Re, Macarena Pampillo, Martin Savard

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

Céléna Dubuc

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

Craig A. McArdle

Affiliation Laboratories for Integrated Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Sciences at South Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Robert P. Millar

Affiliation MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

P. Michael Conn

Affiliation Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Fernand Gobeil Jr

Fernand.Gobeil@usherbrooke.ca (FG); ababwah@uwo.ca (AVB)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada

Moshmi Bhattacharya

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Andy V. Babwah

Fernand.Gobeil@usherbrooke.ca (FG); ababwah@uwo.ca (AVB)

Affiliations The Children's Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FGJ AB. Performed the experiments: MR MP MS CD. Analyzed the data: MR MP MS MB AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAM RPM MC FGJ MB AB. Wrote the paper: MR MP MS AB.