About the Authors

Carlos Vinicius D. da Rosa

Affiliation Department of Morphological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Silvia C. S. F. Azevedo

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Roberto B. Bazotte

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Rosane M. Peralta

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Nilza C. Buttow

Affiliation Department of Morphological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Maria Montserrat D. Pedrosa

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Vilma A. F. de Godoi

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Maria Raquel M. Natali

mrmnatali@uem.br (MR)

Affiliation Department of Morphological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBB VAFG MRMN. Performed the experiments: CVDR SCSFA. Analyzed the data: CVDR SCSFA RBB VAFG MRMN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMP RBB NCB VAFG MRMN. Wrote the paper: CVDR RBB NCB MMDP VAFG MRMN.