Article Information
- Received March 12, 2012
- Revision received October 29, 2012
- Accepted November 6, 2012
- First published January 9, 2013.
- Version of record published January 9, 2013.
Author Information
- Stéphanie Fournier1,
- Shelby Steele2,
- Cécile Julien1,
- Sébastien Fournier1,
- Roumiana Gulemetova1,
- Céline Caravagna1,
- Jorge Soliz1,
- Aida Bairam1, and
- Richard Kinkead1
- 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, Hôpital St-François d'Assise, Québec City, Québec, Canada, G1L 3L5, and
- 2Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
Author contributions
Author contributions: St.F., J.S., A.B., and R.K. designed research; St.F., S.S., C.J., Se.F., R.G., and C.C. performed research; St.F., S.S., C.C., J.S., and A.B. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; St.F., S.S., C.J., C.C., and R.K. analyzed data; St.F., A.B., and R.K. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received March 12, 2012.
- Revision received October 29, 2012.
- Accepted November 6, 2012.
This research was supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grants MOP 119337 (R.K.) and MOP 119272 (A.B.), the Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Neurobiology (R.K.), and the Foundation of Stars. We thank Hélène Crépeau (consultant in statistics, Department of Mathematics, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada) and Mélanie Pelletier and Sylvie Viger (animal care specialists).
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Richard Kinkead, Centre de Recherche (D0-711), Hôpital St-François d'Assise, 10 rue de l'Espinay, Québec, Québec, Canada G1L 3L5. Richard.Kinkead{at}crsfa.ulaval.ca
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