About the Authors

Roberto Cilia

Affiliation Parkinson Institute, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy

Carlo Rossi

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Daniela Frosini

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Duccio Volterrani

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Chiara Siri

Affiliation Parkinson Institute, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy

Cristina Pagni

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Riccardo Benti

Affiliation Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy

Gianni Pezzoli

Affiliation Parkinson Institute, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy

Ubaldo Bonuccelli

Affiliations Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Neurological Unit, Viareggio, Italy

Angelo Antonini

Affiliations Parkinson Institute, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy, Institute of Neurology, IRCCS San Camillo, Venice, Italy, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Roberto Ceravolo

r.ceravolo@med.unipi.it

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: R. Cilia CR R. Ceravolo AA UB GP. Performed the experiments: R. Cilia CR DF CS DV RB CP. Analyzed the data: R. Cilia. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DV RB. Wrote the paper: R. Cilia CR R. Ceravolo.