About the Authors

Kiyoshi Masuda

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

Shigetada Teshima-Kondo

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kondoshi@basic.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp

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

Mina Mukaijo

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

Naoko Yamagishi

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

Yoshiko Nishikawa

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

Kensei Nishida

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

Tomoko Kawai

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

Kazuhito Rokutan

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

KM, ST-K, and KR designed the research. KM, ST-K, MM, NY, YN, KN, and TK performed the research. KM and ST-K analyzed the data. KM, ST-K, and KR wrote the paper. KM, ST-K, MM, NY, YN, KN, TK, and KR discussed the results and commented on the manuscript.