About the Authors

Elvira de la Peña

Contributed equally to this work with: Elvira de la Peña, Annika Mälkiä

elvirap@umh.es (EP); felix.viana@umh.es (FV)

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Annika Mälkiä

Contributed equally to this work with: Elvira de la Peña, Annika Mälkiä

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Hugo Vara

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Rebeca Caires

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Juan J. Ballesta

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Carlos Belmonte

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Felix Viana

elvirap@umh.es (EP); felix.viana@umh.es (FV)

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP AM HV. Performed the experiments: EP AM HV RC. Analyzed the data: EP AM HV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FV CB. Wrote the paper: AM FV. Coordinated the characterization of the antibodies and the performance of the immunoassays: JJB. Design and coordination of the project: FV CB. Edited the manuscript: FV CB EP JJB.