About the Authors

Pedro Omori Ribeiro de Mendonca

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Ismael Cabral Costa

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Claudimara Ferini Pacicco Lotfi

clotfi@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PORM CFPL. Performed the experiments: PORM ICC. Analyzed the data: PORM CFPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CFPL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PORM CFPL.