About the Authors

Mamie Mizusaki Iyomasa

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, Ribeirão Preto Dentistry Faculty, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–904, SP, Brazil

Fernanda Silva Fernandes

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, Ribeirão Preto Dentistry Faculty, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–904, SP, Brazil

Daniela Mizusaki Iyomasa

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, Ribeirão Preto Dentistry Faculty, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–904, SP, Brazil

Yamba Carla Lara Pereira

Affiliation Biology Dental Buco Graduate Program, School of Dentistry of Piracicaba, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, 13414–903, SP, Brazil

Rodrigo Alberto Restrepo Fernández

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–900, SP, Brazil

Ricardo Alexandre Calzzani

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, Ribeirão Preto Dentistry Faculty, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–904, SP, Brazil

Glauce Crivelaro Nascimento

glau_nascimento@yahoo.com.br

Affiliations Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, Ribeirão Preto Dentistry Faculty, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–904, SP, Brazil, Psychobiology Graduate Program, School of Philosophy, Science and Literature of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–901, SP, Brazil

Christie Ramos Andrade Leite-Panissi

Affiliations Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, Ribeirão Preto Dentistry Faculty, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–904, SP, Brazil, Psychobiology Graduate Program, School of Philosophy, Science and Literature of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–901, SP, Brazil

João Paulo Mardegan Issa

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, Ribeirão Preto Dentistry Faculty, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–904, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMI CRAL JPMI. Performed the experiments: FSF DMI YCLP RARF RAC GCN. Analyzed the data: MMI FSF DMI YCLP RARF RAC GCN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMI FSF DMI YCLP RARF RAC GCN. Wrote the paper: MMI CRAL JPMI GCN.