About the Authors

Akiya Watakabe

watakabe@nibb.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Japan

Shigeki Kato

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Kazuto Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Masafumi Takaji

Affiliation Division of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan

Yuki Nakagami

Affiliation Division of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan

Osamu Sadakane

Affiliation Division of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan

Masanari Ohtsuka

Affiliation Division of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan

Hiroyuki Hioki

Affiliation Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Kaneko

Affiliation Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Okuno

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Kawashima

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Haruhiko Bito

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihiro Kitamura

Affiliation Research Center of Experimental Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Ohtawara City, Japan

Tetsuo Yamamori

Affiliations Division of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Hayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW TY. Performed the experiments: AW MT YN OS MO. Analyzed the data: AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK KK HH T. Kaneko HO T. Kawashima HB YK. Wrote the paper: AW.