About the Authors

Carla Lintas

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Neurogenetics, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Psychiatric Genetics, Department of Experimental Neurosciences, I.R.C.C.S. “Fondazione Santa Lucia”, Rome, Italy

Francesco Guidi

Affiliation Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Barbara Manzi

Affiliation Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Antonio Mancini

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome Italy

Paolo Curatolo

Affiliation Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Antonio M. Persico

A.Persico@unicampus.it

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Neurogenetics, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Psychiatric Genetics, Department of Experimental Neurosciences, I.R.C.C.S. “Fondazione Santa Lucia”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMP CL. Performed the experiments: CL FG. Analyzed the data: AMP CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMP AM PC BM. Wrote the paper: CL AMP.