About the Authors

Angelo Galante

angelo.galante@univaq.it

Affiliations MESVA, Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, L'Aquila University, Via Vetoio 10, Coppito, L'Aquila 67100, Italy, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, S.S. 17 bis km 18910, Assergi, L'Aquila 67010, Italy

Raffaele Sinibaldi

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy

Allegra Conti

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy

Cinzia De Luca

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy

Nadia Catallo

Affiliation MESVA, Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, L'Aquila University, Via Vetoio 10, Coppito, L'Aquila 67100, Italy

Piero Sebastiani

Affiliation ITA S.r.l., Zona Industriale di Pile, SS17, Località Boschetto, L'Aquila 67100, Italy

Vittorio Pizzella

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy

Gian Luca Romani

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy

Antonello Sotgiu

Affiliation ITA S.r.l., Zona Industriale di Pile, SS17, Località Boschetto, L'Aquila 67100, Italy

Stefania Della Penna

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti 66100, Italy

Competing Interests

A commercial company “ITA S.r.l” employs two of the authors. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG PS VP GLR AS SDP. Performed the experiments: AG RS AC CDL SDP. Analyzed the data: AG RS AC CDL NC SDP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG RS AC CDL NC PS VP GLR AS SDP. Wrote the paper: AG RS AC SDP.