About the Authors

Matteo Figini

Contributed equally to this work with: Matteo Figini, Alessandro Scotti

matteo.figini@istituto-besta.it

Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

Alessandro Scotti

Contributed equally to this work with: Matteo Figini, Alessandro Scotti

Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

Stefania Marcuzzo

Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

Silvia Bonanno

Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

Francesco Padelli

Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

Victoria Moreno-Manzano

Affiliation Neuronal and Tissue Regeneration Laboratory, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

José Manuel García-Verdugo

Affiliation Unidad de Neurobiología comparada, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Pia Bernasconi

Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

Renato Mantegazza

Affiliation Neurology IV—Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

Maria Grazia Bruzzone

Affiliation Neuroradiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

Ileana Zucca

Affiliation Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta” Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF AS SM PB RM MB IZ. Performed the experiments: MF AS SM SB VM JG IZ. Analyzed the data: MF AS SM SB FP VM JG IZ. Wrote the paper: MF AS SM SB FP VM JG PB MB IZ.