About the Authors

Emanuela Balestrieri

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Carla Arpino

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology Unit, Neuroscience Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Claudia Matteucci

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Roberta Sorrentino

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Francesca Pica

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Riccardo Alessandrelli

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology Unit, Neuroscience Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Antonella Coniglio

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology Unit, Neuroscience Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Paolo Curatolo

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology Unit, Neuroscience Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Rezza

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

Fabio Macciardi

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Enrico Garaci

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Simona Gaudi

Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

Paola Sinibaldi-Vallebona

Sinibaldi-Vallebona@med.uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA PSV EB SG. Performed the experiments: EB CM RS. Analyzed the data: EB CM FM PSV SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC RA AC. Wrote the paper: PSV EB CM FP SG GR PC. Critical evaluation of the study: EG.