About the Authors

Yoshihisa Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Basic Geriatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Harutsugu Tatebe

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Katsutoshi Taguchi

Affiliation Department of Basic Geriatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Yasuhisa Endo

Affiliation Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Kyoto, Japan

Takahiko Tokuda

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Toshiki Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Masanori Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Masaki Tanaka

mtanaka@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Basic Geriatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW MT. Performed the experiments: YW HT KT YE. Analyzed the data: YW HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT TM MN. Wrote the paper: YW MT.