Roy-O’Reilly, Meaghan
Ritzel, Rodney M.
Conway, Sarah E.
Staff, Ilene
Fortunato, Gilbert
McCullough, Louise D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (NS094543, NS076293, 1F30NS098628)
Hartford Hospital Research Department
Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation Discovery Fellowships
Article History
Received: 27 October 2016
Revised: 2 June 2017
Accepted: 8 June 2017
First Online: 21 June 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: All sample collection performed in studies involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Review Board at Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut Health Center and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted. All animal procedures were performed in accordance with the NIH guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals and approved by the Animal Care Committee of the University of Connecticut Health Center.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health NS094543 and NS076293 (to LDM) and the Hartford Hospital Research Department, and the Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation Discovery Fellowships to the Graduate School at UTHealth (to MAR) and the National Institutes of Health 1F30NS098628 (to MAR).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.