About the Authors

Davide Martelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Davide Martelli, Marco Luppi

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Systems Neurophysiology Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Marco Luppi

Contributed equally to this work with: Davide Martelli, Marco Luppi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Matteo Cerri

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Domenico Tupone

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Marco Mastrotto

Affiliations Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Emanuele Perez

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Giovanni Zamboni

giovanni.zamboni@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Roberto Amici

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM ML GZ RA. Performed the experiments: DM ML. Analyzed the data: DM ML MC DT MM EP. Wrote the paper: GZ ML DM RA.