About the Authors

Carlos V. Melo

Affiliation CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Miranda Mele

Contributed equally to this work with: Miranda Mele, Michele Curcio, Diogo Comprido

Affiliation CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Michele Curcio

Contributed equally to this work with: Miranda Mele, Michele Curcio, Diogo Comprido

Affiliations CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

Diogo Comprido

Contributed equally to this work with: Miranda Mele, Michele Curcio, Diogo Comprido

Affiliation CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Carla G. Silva

Affiliation CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Carlos B. Duarte

cbduarte@ci.uc.pt

Affiliations CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CVM MM MC DC CBD. Performed the experiments: CVM MM MC DC CGS. Analyzed the data: CVM MM MC DC CBD. Wrote the paper: CVM.