About the Authors
- Rita Bella
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Affiliation Department ‘‘G.F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Giuseppe Lanza
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Affiliation Department of Neurology I.C., “Oasi” Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (I.R.C.C.S.), Troina (EN), Italy
- Mariagiovanna Cantone
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Affiliation Department of Neurology I.C., “Oasi” Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (I.R.C.C.S.), Troina (EN), Italy
- Salvatore Giuffrida
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Affiliation Department ‘‘G.F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Valentina Puglisi
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Affiliation Department ‘‘G.F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Luisa Vinciguerra
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Affiliation Department ‘‘G.F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Manuela Pennisi
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Affiliation Spinal Unit, Emergency Hospital “Cannizzaro”, Catania, Italy
- Riccardo Ricceri
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Affiliation Department ‘‘G.F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Carmela Cinzia D’Agate
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Affiliation Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Giulia Malaguarnera
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Raffaele Ferri
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Affiliation Department of Neurology I.C., “Oasi” Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (I.R.C.C.S.), Troina (EN), Italy
- Giovanni Pennisi
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* E-mail: pennigi@unict.it
Affiliation Department“Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche”, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GP SG RB. Performed the experiments: LV VP RR. Analyzed the data: RF MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCD GM. Wrote the paper: MC GL RB.