**Author details**

Roqueline A.G.M.F. Aversi-Ferreira1,2,4, Jucimária Dantas Galvão2,3, Sylla Figueredo da Silva2,3, Giovanna Felipe Cavalcante2 , Ediana Vasconcelos da Silva2,3, Naina Bhatia-Dey1 and Tales Alexandre Aversi-Ferreira1,2,3

1 Department of Anatomy, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

2 LABINECOP, Federal University of Tocantins, Palmas, state of Tocantins, Brazil

3 Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Tocantins, Palmas, state of Tocantins, Brazil

4 Graduate Program in Animal Biology, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
