About the Authors

Carla Brancia

cbrancia@unica.it

Affiliation NEF-Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Barbara Noli

Affiliation NEF-Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Marina Boido

Affiliation Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Andrea Boi

Affiliation NEF-Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Roberta Puddu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Azienda Universitario Ospedaliera di Cagliari and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Giuseppe Borghero

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Azienda Universitario Ospedaliera di Cagliari and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Francesco Marrosu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Azienda Universitario Ospedaliera di Cagliari and University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Paolo Bongioanni

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, Neuroscience Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Sandro Orrù

Affiliation Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Binaghi Hospital, Cagliari, Italy

Barbara Manconi

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Filomena D’Amato

Affiliation NEF-Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Irene Messana

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry of the Molecular Recognition CNR, Rome, Italy

Federica Vincenzoni

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Alessandro Vercelli

Affiliation Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Gian-Luca Ferri

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliation NEF-Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Cristina Cocco

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliation NEF-Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CB GLF. Funding acquisition: CC AV FM PB GLF. Investigation: CB BN MB AB SO FV BM FD. Methodology: CB BN GLF. Project administration: CC. Resources: CB AV MB GB RP PB IM GLF. Supervision: CB GLF. Visualization: CB BN CC. Writing – original draft: CB CC BN. Writing – review & editing: CB CC AV MB GLF.