About the Authors

Carlo Corona

Affiliations Molecular Neurology Unit, Center of Excellence on Aging (Ce.S.I.), University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Valerio Frazzini

Affiliations Molecular Neurology Unit, Center of Excellence on Aging (Ce.S.I.), University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Elena Silvestri

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

Rossano Lattanzio

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Neuroscience, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Rossana La Sorda

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Neuroscience, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Mauro Piantelli

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Neuroscience, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Lorella M. T. Canzoniero

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

Domenico Ciavardelli

Affiliation Molecular Neurology Unit, Center of Excellence on Aging (Ce.S.I.), University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Enrico Rizzarelli

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Stefano L. Sensi

ssensi@uci.edu

Affiliations Molecular Neurology Unit, Center of Excellence on Aging (Ce.S.I.), University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC ER SLS. Performed the experiments: CC VF ES RL RLS MP LMTC DC SLS. Analyzed the data: CC VF ES RL RLS MP LMTC DC ER SLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER MP LMTC SLS. Wrote the paper: CC SLS.