About the Authors

Michela M. Taiana

Affiliation Neuroalgology and Headache Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

Raffaella Lombardi

Affiliation Neuroalgology and Headache Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

Carla Porretta-Serapiglia

Affiliation Neuroalgology and Headache Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

Emilio Ciusani

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Genetics Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

Norberto Oggioni

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milan Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Jenny Sassone

Affiliation Neuroalgology and Headache Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

Roberto Bianchi

Affiliation Neuroalgology and Headache Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

Giuseppe Lauria

glauria@istituto-besta.it

Affiliation Neuroalgology and Headache Unit, IRCCS Foundation “Carlo Besta” Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMT RB GL. Performed the experiments: MMT RL EC NO CPS JS. Analyzed the data: MMT RL EC NO RB CPS JS GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO CPS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MMT RB GL.