About the Authors

Liesbeth Badisco

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jurgen Huybrechts

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Gert Simonet

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Heleen Verlinden

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Elisabeth Marchal

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Roger Huybrechts

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Liliane Schoofs

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Arnold De Loof

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jozef Vanden Broeck

jozef.vandenbroeck@bio.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB GS RH LS ADL JVB. Performed the experiments: LB JH HV EM. Analyzed the data: LB JH GS HV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH LS ADL JVB. Wrote the paper: LB JH GS JVB. Senior academic authors who designed the study and, as principal investigators, were responsible for the management of the projects that provided financial support: RH LS ADL JVB.