About the Authors

Peter D. Burbelo

burbelop@nidcr.nih.gov (PDB); David.Harlan@umassmemorial.org (DMH)

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Evan E. Lebovitz

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen E. Bren

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ahmad Bayat

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Scott Paviol

Affiliation Diabetes Center for Excellence, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Janet M. Wenzlau

Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Katherine J. Barriga

Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Marian Rewers

Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

David M. Harlan

burbelop@nidcr.nih.gov (PDB); David.Harlan@umassmemorial.org (DMH)

Affiliation Diabetes Center for Excellence, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael J. Iadarola

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDB DMH. Performed the experiments: PDB KEB AB SP. Analyzed the data: PDB EEL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJB JMW MR MJI. Wrote the paper: PDB EEL.