About the Authors

Chiara Soldati

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biotechnology-Neurobiology Research Unit, and “Daniel Bovet” Neurobiology Research Center, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, “Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Emanuele Cacci

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biotechnology-Neurobiology Research Unit, and “Daniel Bovet” Neurobiology Research Center, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, “Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Stefano Biagioni

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology-Neurobiology Research Unit, and “Daniel Bovet” Neurobiology Research Center, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Nicoletta Carucci

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biotechnology-Neurobiology Research Unit, and “Daniel Bovet” Neurobiology Research Center, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, “Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Lupo

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biotechnology-Neurobiology Research Unit, and “Daniel Bovet” Neurobiology Research Center, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, “Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Carla Perrone-Capano

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, IGB “A. Buzzati Traverso”, Naples, Italy

Isabella Saggio

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biotechnology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, “Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti”, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, Rome, Italy

Gabriella Augusti-Tocco

gabriella.tocco@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology-Neurobiology Research Unit, and “Daniel Bovet” Neurobiology Research Center, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAT SB CPC GL. Performed the experiments: CS EC IS NC. Analyzed the data: GAT SB CPC CS EC IS NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAT SB CPC EC IS GL. Wrote the paper: CS GAT.