About the Authors

Jia-Ying Chuang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chu-Wan Lee

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yao-Hsiang Shih

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Tingting Yang

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Neuropathology, The School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Lung Yu

lungyu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (LY); kuoym@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YK)

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Min Kuo

lungyu@mail.ncku.edu.tw (LY); kuoym@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YK)

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LY YK. Performed the experiments: JC CL YS TY. Analyzed the data: JC CL YS TY LY YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY LY YK. Wrote the paper: JC LY YK.