About the Authors

Matthew J. Merrins

mmerrins@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Brehm Diabetes Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Richard Bertram

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Programs in Neuroscience and Molecular Biophysics, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Arthur Sherman

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Modeling, The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Leslie S. Satin

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Brehm Diabetes Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJM RB AS LSS. Performed the experiments: MJM RB. Analyzed the data: MJM RB AS LSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJM RB AS LSS. Wrote the paper: MJM RB AS LSS.