About the Authors

Takashi Kasai

kasaita@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan, AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Kyoto 602–0841, Japan

Takahiko Tokuda

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan, AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Kyoto 602–0841, Japan, Department of Molecular Pathobiology of Brain Diseases, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan

Takuma Ohmichi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan

Ryotaro Ishii

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan

Harutsugu Tatebe

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan, Department of Zaitaku (Homecare) Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan

Masanori Nakagawa

Affiliation North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 629–2261, Japan

Toshiki Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602–0841, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK TT. Performed the experiments: TK. Analyzed the data: TK TT TO RI HT. Wrote the paper: TK TT MN TM.