About the Authors

Clara Moisello

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Hadj Boumediene Meziane

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Simon Kelly

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Bernardo Perfetti

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Svetlana Kvint

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Nicholas Voutsinas

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Daniella Blanco

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Angelo Quartarone

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry and Anaesthesiological Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Giulio Tononi

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Maria Felice Ghilardi

lice.mg79@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM BP MFG GT. Performed the experiments: CM S. Kvint NV. Analyzed the data: DB CM HBM S. Kvint NV MFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM BP S. Kelly MFG. Wrote the paper: CM S. Kelly BP AQ GT MFG.