About the Authors

Fabrizio Vincenzi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Martina Targa

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Carmen Corciulo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Stefania Gessi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Stefania Merighi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Stefania Setti

Affiliation Igea Biophysics Laboratory, Carpi, Italy

Ruggero Cadossi

Affiliation Igea Biophysics Laboratory, Carpi, Italy

Pier Andrea Borea

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Katia Varani

vrk@unife.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. SS is an employee and Ruggero Cadossi is the president and scientific director of IGEA (Carpi, Italy) who provided the PEMF generator system. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FV PAB KV. Performed the experiments: MT CC SG SM SS. Analyzed the data: FV PAB KV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS RC. Wrote the paper: FV RC PAB KV.