About the Authors

Nadia Saderi

Affiliations Dept. de Biologia Celular y Fisiologia, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, NEF-Lab, Dept. Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato (CA), Italy

Roberto Salgado-Delgado

Affiliations Dept. de Biologia Celular y Fisiologia, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, UASLP, San Luis Potosì, Mexico

Rafael Avendaño-Pradel

Affiliation Dept. de Anatomia, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Maria del Carmen Basualdo

Affiliation Dept. de Biologia Celular y Fisiologia, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Gian-Luca Ferri

Affiliation NEF-Lab, Dept. Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato (CA), Italy

Laura Chávez-Macías

Affiliation Unidad de Neuropatología, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Juan E. Olvera Roblera

† Deceased.

Affiliation Unidad de Neuropatología, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Carolina Escobar

Affiliation Dept. de Anatomia, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Ruud M. Buijs

ruudbuijs@gmail.com

Affiliation Dept. de Biologia Celular y Fisiologia, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS RMB CE. Performed the experiments: NS RAP. Analyzed the data: NS RMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMB CE GLF LCM JEOR. Wrote the paper: NS RMB CE. Assisted in performing some of the experiments and analyzing some of the data: RSD MCB.