About the Authors

Raffaella Chieffo

Contributed equally to this work with: Raffaella Chieffo, Laura Straffi

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Laura Straffi

Contributed equally to this work with: Raffaella Chieffo, Laura Straffi

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy

Alberto Inuggi

Affiliation Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy

Javier J. Gonzalez-Rosa

Affiliation Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy

Francesca Spagnolo

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Elisabetta Coppi

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Arturo Nuara

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Elise Houdayer

Affiliation Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy

Giancarlo Comi

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Letizia Leocani

letizia.leocani@hsr.it

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy, Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Milan Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC LS LL GC. Performed the experiments: RC LS FS EC AN. Analyzed the data: LS RC AI JJGR LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS RC AI JJGR LL. Wrote the paper: LS RC AI LL EH.