About the Authors

Rita Branco

Affiliations IMAR, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal, Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Mosteiro de S. Jorge de Milréu, Estrada da Conraria, Castelo Viegas – Coimbra, Portugal

Armando Cristóvão

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, FCTUC, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Paula V. Morais

pvmorais@ci.uc.pt

Affiliations IMAR, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, FCTUC, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB PVM. Performed the experiments: RB. Analyzed the data: RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC PVM. Wrote the paper: RB PVM.