About the Authors

Naoki Furutani

Contributed equally to this work with: Naoki Furutani, Mari Hondo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Mari Hondo

Contributed equally to this work with: Naoki Furutani, Mari Hondo

Affiliations Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, Center for Behavioral Molecular Genetics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Haruaki Kageyama

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Natsuko Tsujino

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Michihiro Mieda

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Masashi Yanagisawa

Affiliations Center for Behavioral Molecular Genetics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Seiji Shioda

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Sakurai

tsakurai@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS. Performed the experiments: NF MH HK NT MM. Analyzed the data: NF MH HK SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY. Wrote the paper: TS.