About the Authors
- Tomoko Kanao
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Affiliation Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomoyo Sawada
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, CREST (Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology), JST, Saitama, Japan
- Shireen-Anne Davies
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Hiroshi Ichinose
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Affiliation Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- Kazuko Hasegawa
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
- Ryosuke Takahashi
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, CREST (Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology), JST, Saitama, Japan
- Nobutaka Hattori
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, CREST (Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology), JST, Saitama, Japan
- Yuzuru Imai
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* E-mail: yzimai@juntendo.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Neuroscience for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: this work was partly supported by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TK YI. Performed the experiments: TK TS YI. Analyzed the data: TK YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS SD HI KH RT NH. Wrote the paper: YI.