About the Authors

Marcio S. Medeiros

Affiliation Neurology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Arthur Schumacher-Schuh

Affiliation Neurology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Andreia Machado Cardoso

Affiliation Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Graduate Program in Life Sciences: Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

Guilherme Vargas Bochi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Health Sciences Center, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Jucimara Baldissarelli

Affiliation Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Graduate Program in Life Sciences: Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

Aline Kegler

Affiliations Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Graduate Program in Life Sciences: Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, Neuropsychiatry Department, University Hospital, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Health Sciences Center, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Daniel Santana

Affiliation Neuropsychiatry Department, University Hospital, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Health Sciences Center, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carolina Maria Martins Behle Soares Chaves

Affiliation Neuropsychiatry Department, University Hospital, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Health Sciences Center, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger

Affiliation Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Graduate Program in Life Sciences: Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

Rafael Noal Moresco

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Health Sciences Center, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carlos R. M. Rieder

Affiliation Neurology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Michele Rechia Fighera

mrfighera@yahoo.com.br

Affiliations Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Graduate Program in Life Sciences: Toxicological Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, Neuropsychiatry Department, University Hospital, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Health Sciences Center, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRF. Performed the experiments: MRF MSM GVB AMC AK CMMBSC DS JB. Analyzed the data: MSM AS-S CRMR MRF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRF RNM MRCS CRMR. Wrote the paper: MSM AS-S CRMR MRF.