About the Authors

Giuseppe Battaglia

Affiliation Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Gemma Molinaro

Affiliation Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Barbara Riozzi

Affiliation Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Marianna Storto

Affiliation Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Carla L. Busceti

Affiliation Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Paola Spinsanti

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Domenico Bucci

Affiliation Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Valentina Di Liberto

Affiliation DIMES, Human Physiology Section, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Giuseppina Mudò

Affiliation DIMES, Human Physiology Section, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Corrado Corti

Affiliation Neuroscience Centre of Excellence in Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Verona, Italy

Mauro Corsi

Affiliation Neuroscience Centre of Excellence in Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Verona, Italy

Ferdinando Nicoletti

Affiliations Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Natale Belluardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Natale Belluardo, Valeria Bruno

Affiliation DIMES, Human Physiology Section, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Valeria Bruno

Contributed equally to this work with: Natale Belluardo, Valeria Bruno

valeria.bruno@uniroma1.it

Affiliations Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB FN NB VB. Performed the experiments: GB GM BR MS CLB PS DB VDL GM. Analyzed the data: GB DB FN NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC MC. Wrote the paper: FN VB.