About the Authors

Sebastiano Banni

banni@unica.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Gianfranca Carta

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Elisabetta Murru

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Lina Cordeddu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Elena Giordano

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Francesco Marrosu

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Monica Puligheddu

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Gabriele Floris

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Gino Paolo Asuni

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Angela Letizia Cappai

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Silvia Deriu

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Paolo Follesa

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB FM MP PF. Performed the experiments: GC EM LC EG GF GPA ALC SD. Analyzed the data: GC EM LC EG GF GPA ALC SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC EM LC EG GF GPA ALC SD. Wrote the paper: SB PF.