About the Authors

Yuki Kuwano

kuwanoy@basic.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Stress Science, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Yoko Kamio

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoko Kawai

Affiliation Department of Stress Science, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Sakurako Katsuura

Affiliation Department of Stress Science, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Naoko Inada

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Akiko Takaki

Affiliation Chichibu-Gakuen Institution and Clinic for Intellectually Disabled Children, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama, Japan

Kazuhito Rokutan

Affiliation Department of Stress Science, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y. Kuwano TK RK. Performed the experiments: Y. Kuwano TK SK. Analyzed the data: Y. Kuwano TK SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Kamio NI AT. Wrote the paper: Y. Kuwano Y. Kamio KR.