About the Authors

Michelle R. Goulart

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

G. Elizabeth Pluhar

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

John R. Ohlfest

Ohlfe001@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRO. Performed the experiments: MRG. Analyzed the data: MRG JRO GEP. Wrote the paper: MRG JRO GEP.