About the Authors

Otilia V. Vieira

vieira@cnc.cj.uc.pt

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Diego O. Hartmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego O. Hartmann, Carla M. P. Cardoso

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Carla M. P. Cardoso

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego O. Hartmann, Carla M. P. Cardoso

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Daniel Oberdoerfer

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Marta Baptista

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Manuel A. S. Santos

Affiliation Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Luis Almeida

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

João Ramalho-Santos

Affiliations Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Genetics and Human Reproduction, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Winchil L. C. Vaz

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OVV JRS WLCV. Performed the experiments: OVV DOH CMPC DO MB. Analyzed the data: OVV DOH CMPC DO MB WLCV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OVV MASS LA. Wrote the paper: OVV WLCV.