About the Authors

Roberto Esposito

Contributed equally to this work with: Roberto Esposito, Peter A. Mattei

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. D’Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University of “G. D’Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy

Peter A. Mattei

Contributed equally to this work with: Roberto Esposito, Peter A. Mattei

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. D’Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University of “G. D’Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy

Chiara Briganti

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. D’Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University of “G. D’Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy

Gian Luca Romani

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. D’Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University of “G. D’Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy

Armando Tartaro

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. D’Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University of “G. D’Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy

Massimo Caulo

massimo.caulo@itab.unich.it

Affiliations Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. D’Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University of “G. D’Annunzio,” Chieti, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RE PAM GLR AT MC. Performed the experiments: RE CB MC. Analyzed the data: RE PAM CB MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RE PAM CB MC. Wrote the paper: RE PAM MC. Reviewed manuscript: GLR AT MC.