About the Authors

Simona Boncompagni

s.boncompagni@unich.it

Affiliations DNI-Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, CeSI-Center for Research on Ageing, University of G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Monique Thomas

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jose R. Lopez

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul D. Allen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Qunying Yuan

Affiliation Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Evangelia G. Kranias

Affiliations Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Clara Franzini-Armstrong

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Claudio F. Perez

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB CFA CP PDA. Performed the experiments: SB PDA MT JRL. Analyzed the data: SB CFA CP MT JRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QY EGK. Wrote the paper: SB CFA CP PDA.