Agonists of melatonin receptors strongly promote the functional recovery from the neuroparalysis induced by neurotoxic snakes

• Giorgia D’Este ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Federico Fabris ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Marco Stazi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Current address: The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Chiara Baggio,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Morena Simonato,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy

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• Aram Megighian,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Padua Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Michela Rigoni,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Myology Center (CIR-Myo), University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Samuele Negro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: samuele.negro1987@gmail.com (SN); cesare.montecucco@gmail.com (CM)

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, U.O.C. Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedale-Università Padova, Padova, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-1696

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• Cesare Montecucco

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: samuele.negro1987@gmail.com (SN); cesare.montecucco@gmail.com (CM)

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy

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