About the Authors

Kazuya Tanabe

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Yamazaki

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Yutaka Inaguma

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Developmental Research, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan

Akiko Asada

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Taeko Kimura

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Junya Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Masato Taoka

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Ohshima

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Teiichi Furuichi

Affiliation Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan

Toshiaki Isobe

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Koh-ichi Nagata

Affiliation Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Developmental Research, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan

Tomoaki Shirao

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Shin-ichi Hisanaga

hisanaga-shinichi@tmu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT SH. Performed the experiments: KT YI JT MT TI KN. Analyzed the data: KT HY MT TO TF KN TS SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY AA TK TO TF TS. Wrote the paper: KT SH.