About the Authors

Jarmila Lakomá

Affiliation Laboratory of Human and General Physiology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Roberto Rimondini

Affiliation Department of Medical and Clinical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Vincenzo Donadio

Affiliation IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, AUSL Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Rocco Liguori

Affiliations IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, AUSL Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Marco Caprini

m.caprini@unibo.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Human and General Physiology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC. Performed the experiments: JL RR. Analyzed the data: JL RR MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL RR VD RL MC. Wrote the paper: MC JL. Managed the maintaining of the mice colony, designed and performed all the molecular and immunohistochemistry experiments and their analyses: JL. Performed the behavioral experiments and revised critically the manuscript: RR. Participated in immunocytochemistry, revised critically the manuscript: VD RL. Conceived, designed and supervised the project: MC.