About the Authors

Natalia M. Grin'kina

Affiliations Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Samah G. Abdel-Baki

Current address: Bio-Signal Group Inc., Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Peter J. Bergold

pbergold@downstate.edu

Affiliations Robert F. Furchgott Center for Neural Science, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJB. Performed the experiments: NMG. Analyzed the data: SGA-B NMG PJB. Wrote the paper: PJB.