About the Authors

María José García Barrado

Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

barrado@usal.es

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

Enrique J. Blanco

Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

Affiliations Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain

Marta Carretero Hernández

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

María Carmen Iglesias Osma

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

Manuel Carretero

Affiliation Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Pontificia of Salamanca, Spain

Julio J. Herrero

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

Deborah Jane Burks

Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain

José Carretero

Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

Affiliations Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJGB EJB MCH MCIO MC JJH DJB JC. Performed the experiments: EJB JJH MC JC MCIO. Analyzed the data: EJB JC MCH DJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCH JC DJB. Wrote the paper: JC EJB MJGB DJB.