About the Authors

Enrica Olivola

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine c/o Movement Disorder Centre, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Mariangela Pierantozzi

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine c/o Movement Disorder Centre, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Paola Imbriani

Affiliations Department of Systems Medicine c/o Movement Disorder Centre, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, IRCCS Fondazione S. Lucia, Rome, Italy

Claudio Liguori

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine c/o Neurophysiopathology Unit, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Mario Stampanoni Bassi

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine c/o Movement Disorder Centre, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Marco Conti

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine c/o Movement Disorder Centre, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Vincenza D′Angelo

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine c/o Movement Disorder Centre, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Nicola Biagio Mercuri

Affiliations IRCCS Fondazione S. Lucia, Rome, Italy, Department of Systems Medicine c/o Neurophysiopathology Unit, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Alessandro Stefani

stefani@uniroma2.it

Affiliations Department of Systems Medicine c/o Movement Disorder Centre, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, IRCCS Fondazione S. Lucia, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Lundbeck and Medtronic supported this study; but there are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EO MP AS NBM. Performed the experiments: EO MSB PI MC. Analyzed the data: EO MSB PI AS VD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MP CL AS.