About the Authors

Nicoletta Cera

n.cera@unich.it

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti, and ITAB–Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Chieti, Italy

Ezio Domenico Di Pierro

Affiliations Division of Urology, “L’immacolata” Hospital of Celano, Celano, Italy, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Antonio Ferretti

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti, and ITAB–Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Chieti, Italy

Armando Tartaro

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti, and ITAB–Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Chieti, Italy

Gian Luca Romani

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti, and ITAB–Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Chieti, Italy

Mauro Gianni Perrucci

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti, and ITAB–Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Chieti, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NC EDDP AF. Performed the experiments: EDDP AT NC. Analyzed the data: NC MGP. Wrote the paper: NC GLR.