About the Authors

João Martins

Affiliations Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Miguel Castelo-Branco

Affiliation Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Ana Batista

Affiliation Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Bárbara Oliveiros

Affiliation Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Ana Raquel Santiago

Affiliation Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Joana Galvão

Affiliation Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Eduarda Fernandes

Affiliation REQUIMTE - Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Félix Carvalho

Affiliation REQUIMTE - Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Cláudia Cavadas

Affiliations Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

António F. Ambrósio

afambrosio@fmed.uc.pt

Affiliations Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, AIBILI, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM MCB AB ARS CC AFA. Performed the experiments: JM MCB AB ARS JG. Analyzed the data: JM MCB AB BO ARS JG FC CC AFA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCB BO EF FC. Wrote the paper: JM MCB AB BO ARS JG EF FC CC AFA.