About the Authors

Antonio Totaro

Affiliation Cell Adhesion Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy

Veronica Astro

Affiliation Cell Adhesion Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy

Diletta Tonoli

Affiliation Cell Adhesion Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy

Ivan de Curtis

decurtis.ivan@hsr.it

Affiliations Cell Adhesion Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

Coauthor Ivan de Curtis is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT IdC. Performed the experiments: AT VA DT. Analyzed the data: AT VA DT IdC. Wrote the paper: IdC.