**Author details**

Vincenzo Cimino1 , Clara Grazia Chisari<sup>2</sup> and Francesco Patti2 \*

1 Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo", IRCSS, Messina, Italy

2 Department "G.F. Ingrassia", Section of Neuroscience, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

\*Address all correspondence to: fpatti@outlook.com

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