About the Authors

Giuseppe Lanza

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

giuseppe.lanza1@unict.it

Affiliations Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Michele Salemi

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Maria P. Mogavero

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Sleep Disorders Center, Milan, Italy

Valentina Catania

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Annalisa Galeano

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Angelo Garifoli

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Bartolo Lanuzza

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Manuela Morreale

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Mariangela Tripodi

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Mariagiovanna Cantone

Roles Data curation, Visualization

Affiliation Neurology Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy

Francesco Cappellani

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ophtalomolgy Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy

Carmen Concerto

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Psychiatry Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy

Alessandro Rodolico

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Psychiatry Unit, Policlinico University Hospital “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy

Manuela Pennisi

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Rita Bella

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Raffaele Ferri

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration

Affiliation Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.