About the Authors

Hidekazu Sotoyama

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Yingjun Zheng

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Yuriko Iwakura

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Makoto Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Miho Aizawa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Ksenia Shcherbakova

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Ran Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Hisaaki Namba

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Hiroyuki Nawa

hnawa@bri.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H. Nawa. Performed the experiments: HS YZ YI MM MA KS RW. Analyzed the data: HS H. Nawa. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Namba. Wrote the paper: H. Nawa.