About the Authors

Fumitaka Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

Setsu Sawai

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Yasuteru Sano

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

Minako Beppu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Sonoko Misawa

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Hideaki Nishihara

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

Michiaki Koga

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

Satoshi Kuwabara

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Takashi Kanda

tkanda@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there is no duality of interest associated with this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS TK. Performed the experiments: FS YS HN. Analyzed the data: FS YS MK TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS MB SM SK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FS SK TK.