About the Authors

Sandro L. Pereira

Affiliations CNC- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Mário Grãos

Affiliation Biocant – Technology Transfer Association, Cantanhede, Portugal

Ana Sofia Rodrigues

Affiliations CNC- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Sandra I. Anjo

Affiliations CNC- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Rui A. Carvalho

Affiliations CNC- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Paulo J. Oliveira

Affiliations CNC- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Ernest Arenas

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

João Ramalho-Santos

jramalho@ci.uc.pt

Affiliations CNC- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP PJO EA RC JRS MG. Performed the experiments: SP SA ASR. Analyzed the data: SP PJO EA RC JRS MG. Wrote the manuscript: SP PJO JRS.