About the Authors

Simone Macrì

Affiliation Section of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Paolo Pasquali

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Luca Tommaso Bonsignore

Affiliation Section of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Stefano Pieretti

Affiliation Department of Drug Research and Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Francesca Cirulli

Affiliation Section of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Flavia Chiarotti

Affiliation Section of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Giovanni Laviola

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: giovanni.laviola@iss.it

Affiliation Section of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM GL. Performed the experiments: SM PP LB SP FC. Analyzed the data: FC SM FC. Wrote the paper: FC SM GL PP. Other: Assisted with manuscript preparation: FC SP.