About the Authors

Brett S. Kirby

Contributed equally to this work with: Brett S. Kirby, Allison Bruhl

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Vascular Physiology Research Group, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Allison Bruhl

Contributed equally to this work with: Brett S. Kirby, Allison Bruhl

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Vascular Physiology Research Group, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Michelle N. Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Vascular Physiology Research Group, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Michael Francis

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Frank A. Dinenno

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Vascular Physiology Research Group, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Human Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Scott Earley

Scott.Earley@Colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Vascular Physiology Research Group, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed software used in analysis: MF. Critical revision of manuscript: BSK AB MNS MF FAD SE. Conceived and designed the experiments: BSK FAD SE. Performed the experiments: BSK AB MNS SE. Analyzed the data: BSK AB MNS MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSK AB MNS MF FAD SE. Wrote the paper: BSK SE.