About the Authors

Satoshi Tomita

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Tomoko Oeda

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Atsushi Umemura

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Masayuki Kohsaka

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Kwiyoung Park

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Kenji Yamamoto

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshi Sugiyama

Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Chiaki Mori

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Toneyama National Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Kimiko Inoue

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Toneyama National Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Harutoshi Fujimura

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Toneyama National Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Hideyuki Sawada

sawada@unh.hosp.go.jp

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Regional Center for Neurological Disorders and Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST TO H. Sawada. Performed the experiments: ST TO AU MK KP KY H. Sugiyama H. Sawada. Analyzed the data: ST TO H. Sawada. Wrote the paper: ST TO H. Sawada. Pathological examinations and analyses in autopsy cases: CM KI HF.