About the Authors

Yasuhiro Watanabe

yawatana@med.tottori-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Eri Morita

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Yasuyo Fukada

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Koji Doi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Kenichi Yasui

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Michio Kitayama

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Toshiya Nakano

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Kenji Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW. Performed the experiments: YW EM. Analyzed the data: YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YF KD KY MK TN KN. Wrote the paper: YW.