About the Authors

Emanuela Esposito

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Emanuela Mazzon

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Irene Paterniti

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Daniela Impellizzeri

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Placido Bramanti

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Salvatore Cuzzocrea

salvator@unime.it.

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC. Performed the experiments: EE EM IP DI. Analyzed the data: EE EM PB SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB. Wrote the paper: SC.