About the Authors

Cristina Rivellini

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Giorgia Dina

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Emanuela Porrello

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Federica Cerri

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Marina Scarlato

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Teuta Domi

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Daniela Ungaro

Affiliation Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Ubaldo Del Carro

Affiliation Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Alessandra Bolino

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Dulbecco Telethon Institute, Rome, Italy

Angelo Quattrini

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Giancarlo Comi

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, “Vita e Salute” San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Stefano C. Previtali

previtali.stefano@hsr.it

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCP. Performed the experiments: CR GD EP FC SCP TD DU UDC AB AQ. Analyzed the data: SCP AB MS AQ GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCP AB AQ GC UDC DU MS. Wrote the paper: SCP AB. Critical revision of the manuscript: SCP AB AQ MS GC. Statistical analysis: CR GD EP UDC.