About the Authors

Enrico Patrono

Contributed equally to this work with: Enrico Patrono, Matteo Di Segni

Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

Matteo Di Segni

Contributed equally to this work with: Enrico Patrono, Matteo Di Segni

Affiliations Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Psychology and Center “Daniel Bovet,” Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Loris Patella

Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

Diego Andolina

Affiliations Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

Alessandro Valzania

Affiliations Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Psychology and Center “Daniel Bovet,” Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Emanuele Claudio Latagliata

Affiliations Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Psychology and Center “Daniel Bovet,” Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Armando Felsani

Affiliation CNR, Institute of Cellular Biology and Neurobiology, Rome, Italy

Assunta Pompili

Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

Antonella Gasbarri

Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

Stefano Puglisi-Allegra

Affiliations Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Psychology and Center “Daniel Bovet,” Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Rossella Ventura

rossella.ventura@uniroma1.it

Affiliations Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Psychology and Center “Daniel Bovet,” Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RV EP MDS. Performed the experiments: EP MDS DA ECL AF LP AV. Analyzed the data: RV AP AG SPA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF EP MDS. Wrote the paper: RV SPA EP MDS.