About the Authors

Satoru Monzen

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan

Masahiro Hosoda

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan

Shinji Tokonami

Affiliation Hirosaki University Research Institute for Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Minoru Osanai

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan

Hironori Yoshino

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan

Yoichiro Hosokawa

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan

Mitsuaki A. Yoshida

Affiliation Hirosaki University Research Institute for Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Masatoshi Yamada

Affiliation Hirosaki University Research Institute for Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Yasushi Asari

Affiliation Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Kei Satoh

Affiliation Hirosaki University Research Institute for Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Ikuo Kashiwakura

ikashi@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM IK. Performed the experiments: SM MH ST MO HY YH M. Yoshida M. Yamada YA IK. Wrote the paper: SM MH IK. Contributed extensively to discussions about this work and in reviewing the manuscript: SM MH ST MO HY YH M. Yoshida M. Yamada YA IK KS. Supervised the study: KS IK.