About the Authors

Maria Luisa Scattoni

marialuisa.scattoni@iss.it

Affiliations Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Behavioural Neurosciences Section, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Rome, Italy

Shruti U. Gandhy

Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Laura Ricceri

Affiliation Behavioural Neurosciences Section, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Rome, Italy

Jacqueline N. Crawley

Affiliation Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLS LR JNC. Performed the experiments: MLS SUG. Analyzed the data: MLS SUG. Wrote the paper: MLS LR JNC.