About the Authors

Aleksandar Lj. Obradovic

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Sung Mi Hwang

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, South Korea

Joseph Scarpa

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Sung Jun Hong

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, South Korea

Slobodan M. Todorovic

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic

vj3w@virginia.edu

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALJO SMT VJT. Performed the experiments: ALJO SMH JS SJH. Analyzed the data: ALJO VJT SMT. Wrote the paper: ALJO SMT VJT.