About the Authors

Joana Beatriz Sousa

joanabeatrizsousa@gmail.com

Affiliations Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, LAQV/REQUIMTE, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Maria Sofia Vieira-Rocha

Affiliations Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, LAQV/REQUIMTE, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Silvia M. Arribas

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Maria Carmen González

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Paula Fresco

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Carmen Diniz

Affiliations Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, LAQV/REQUIMTE, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBS CD. Performed the experiments: JBS MSVR. Analyzed the data: JBS CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMA MCG CD. Wrote the paper: JBS SMA PF CD.