About the Authors

Hitoshi Ando

h-ando@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Kentarou Ushijima

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Akio Fujimura

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HA AF. Performed the experiments: HA KU. Analyzed the data: HA KU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA KU. Wrote the paper: HA AF.