About the Authors

Pieranna Arrighi

Contributed equally to this work with: Pieranna Arrighi, Paolo Andre

† Deceased.

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Luca Bonfiglio

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Fabrizio Minichilli

Affiliation Unit of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, Pisa, Italy

Nicoletta Cantore

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Maria Chiara Carboncini

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Emily Piccotti

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Bruno Rossi

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Paolo Andre

Contributed equally to this work with: Pieranna Arrighi, Paolo Andre

andre@unisi.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: P. Andre P. Arrighi. Performed the experiments: P. Andre P. Arrighi LB NC MCC EP. Analyzed the data: P. Andre P. Arrighi LB FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: P. Andre P. Arrighi LB MCC FM BR. Wrote the paper: P. Andre P. Arrighi LB.