About the Authors

Deepmala Agarwal

Affiliation Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Rahul B. Dange

Affiliation Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Jorge Vila

Affiliation Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Arturo J. Otamendi

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Joseph Francis

jfrancis@lsu.edu

Affiliation Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA JF. Performed the experiments: DA. Analyzed the data: DA RBD JV. Wrote the paper: DA. Revised the manuscript: DA. Acquired blood pressure measurements: RBD. Acquired echocardiographic data: JV. Reviewed the manuscript: RBD JV AO JF. Performed daily exercise training of animals: AO. Acquired some western blot data: AO.