About the Authors

Mitutoshi Ito

Affiliation Division of Transgenic Animal Science, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Kazushi Sugihara

Affiliation Division of Transgenic Animal Science, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Tomoya Asaka

Affiliation Nanao National Hospital, Nanao, Japan

Tadashi Toyama

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Toru Yoshihara

Affiliations Division of Transgenic Animal Science, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Kengo Furuichi

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Takashi Wada

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Masahide Asano

asano@kiea.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Transgenic Animal Science, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI TW MA. Performed the experiments: MI KS TA TT TY. Analyzed the data: MI TA KF TW MA. Wrote the paper: MI MA.