About the Authors

Fabrizia Caminiti

fabriziacaminiti@tiscali.it

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Simona De Salvo

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Maria Cristina De Cola

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Margherita Russo

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Placido Bramanti

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Silvia Marino

Affiliations IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Rosella Ciurleo

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino-Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: FC SDS MCDC. Wrote the paper: FC SM RC. Design of study and experiments: FC SM RC. Execution of experiments: FC SDS RC. Enrollment of subjects: MR. Critical revision of the manuscript: PB.