About the Authors

Wilfredo Blanco

Contributed equally to this work with: Wilfredo Blanco, Catia M. Pereira, Vinicius R. Cota, Annie C. Souza

Affiliations Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Department of Computer and Automation, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Department of Computer Science, State University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Catia M. Pereira

Contributed equally to this work with: Wilfredo Blanco, Catia M. Pereira, Vinicius R. Cota, Annie C. Souza

Affiliation Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal (ELS-IINN), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Vinicius R. Cota

Contributed equally to this work with: Wilfredo Blanco, Catia M. Pereira, Vinicius R. Cota, Annie C. Souza

Affiliations Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Laboratory of Neuroengineerging and Neuroscience, Federal University of São João Del-Rei, São João Del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Annie C. Souza

Contributed equally to this work with: Wilfredo Blanco, Catia M. Pereira, Vinicius R. Cota, Annie C. Souza

Affiliation Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

César Rennó-Costa

Affiliation Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Sharlene Santos

Affiliation Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Gabriella Dias

Affiliation Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Ana M. G. Guerreiro

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Adriano B. L. Tort

Affiliation Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Adrião D. Neto

Affiliation Department of Computer and Automation, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Sidarta Ribeiro

sidartaribeiro@neuro.ufrn.br

Affiliation Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR WB CMP VRC ACS CRC. Performed the experiments: WB CMP VRC ACS CRC SR SS GD. Analyzed the data: WB CMP VRC ACS CRC SR AMGG ABLT ADN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRC AMGG ABLT ADN. Wrote the paper: SR WB CMP VRC ACS CRC AMGG ABLT ADN.