About the Authors

Hossain Md. Zakir

Contributed equally to this work with: Hossain Md. Zakir, Rahman Md. Mostafeezur

Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Rahman Md. Mostafeezur

Contributed equally to this work with: Hossain Md. Zakir, Rahman Md. Mostafeezur

Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Akiko Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Suzuro Hitomi

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Ikuko Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Takeyasu Maeda

Affiliation Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Kenji Seo

Affiliation Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Yoshiaki Yamada

Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Kensuke Yamamura

Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Shaya Lev

Affiliation Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel Canada and Center for Research on Pain, The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Alexander M. Binshtok

Affiliation Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel Canada and Center for Research on Pain, The Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Koichi Iwata

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Junichi Kitagawa

kitagawa@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Oral Physiology, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMZ TM KS YY KY AMB KI JK. Performed the experiments: HMZ RMM AS SH IS JK. Analyzed the data: HMZ RMM AMB JK. Wrote the paper: HMZ SL AMB KI JK.