About the Authors

Manrico Morroni

m.morroni@univpm.it (MM); d.marzioni@univpm.it (DM)

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, Electron Microscopy Unit, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy

Daniela Marzioni

m.morroni@univpm.it (MM); d.marzioni@univpm.it (DM)

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Michele Ragno

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Mazzoni Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale, Zona Territoriale 13, Ascoli Piceno, Italy

Paolo Di Bella

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy

Elisabetta Cartechini

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Macerata Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale, Zona Territoriale 9, Macerata, Italy

Luigi Pianese

Affiliation Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Mazzoni Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale, Zona Territoriale 13, Ascoli Piceno, Italy

Teresa Lorenzi

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Mario Castellucci

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Marina Scarpelli

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Section of Pathological Anatomy, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM. Performed the experiments: MM PDB EC LP. Analyzed the data: MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM LP. Wrote the paper: MM MR TL MS. Made critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: MM DM MR TL MC MS.