About the Authors

Jaime Becnel

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Oralee Johnson

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jiangnan Luo

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Dick R. Nässel

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Charles D. Nichols

cnich1@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB OJ DRN CDN. Performed the experiments: JB OJ JL CDN. Analyzed the data: JB OJ DRN CDN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tool: DRN CDN. Wrote the paper: JB DRN CDN.