About the Authors

Sara Xapelli

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Institute of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Unit of Neurosciences, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Fabienne Agasse

jomalva@fmed.uc.pt (JOM); fabienneagasse@yahoo.fr (FA)

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Laura Sardà-Arroyo

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Liliana Bernardino

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Health Sciences Research Center, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

Tiago Santos

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Filipa F. Ribeiro

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Unit of Neurosciences, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Jorge Valero

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

José Bragança

Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Molecular and Structural Biomedicine, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Clarissa Schitine

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Neurochemistry Laboratory, Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ricardo A. de Melo Reis

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Neurochemistry Laboratory, Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana M. Sebastião

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Unit of Neurosciences, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

João O. Malva

jomalva@fmed.uc.pt (JOM); fabienneagasse@yahoo.fr (FA)

Affiliation Center for Research on Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine (polo 3), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SX FA LB JB AS JOM. Performed the experiments: SX FA LS-A TS FFR JV CS RDMR. Analyzed the data: SX JB AS JOM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SX FA LB JB AS JOM. Wrote the paper: SX JOM.