About the Authors

Fabiola C. R. Zucchi

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Mato Grosso State, Caceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Youli Yao

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Isaac D. Ward

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Yaroslav Ilnytskyy

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

David M. Olson

Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics and Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Karen Benzies

Affiliation Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Igor Kovalchuk

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Olga Kovalchuk

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Gerlinde A. S. Metz

gerlinde.metz@uleth.ca

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FCRZ GASM. Performed the experiments: FCRZ YY IDW YI. Analyzed the data: FCRZ YY IDW YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IK OK GASM. Wrote the paper: FCRZ YY KB DMO IK GASM.