About the Authors

Anna Rita Zuena

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Rita Zuena, Jerome Mairesse

Affiliations Perinatal Stress Lab., University Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Jerome Mairesse

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Rita Zuena, Jerome Mairesse

Affiliations Perinatal Stress Lab., University Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Paola Casolini

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Carlo Cinque

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Sebastiano Alemà

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Sara Morley-Fletcher

Affiliation Perinatal Stress Lab., University Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Valentina Chiodi

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Luigi Giusto Spagnoli

Affiliation Institute of Anatomic Pathology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

Roberto Gradini

Affiliations Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Assia Catalani

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Ferdinando Nicoletti

Affiliations Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Stefania Maccari

stefania.maccari@univ-lille1.fr

Affiliations Perinatal Stress Lab., University Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM. Performed the experiments: AZ JM CC VC. Analyzed the data: FN AZ JM PC CC GA AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FN AZ JM SM LS RG. Wrote the paper: FN SM AZ JM AC.