About the Authors

João Carlos Sousa

Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Manuel João Costa

Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Joana Almeida Palha

Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS MC JP. Performed the experiments: JS. Analyzed the data: JS JP. Wrote the paper: JS MC JP.