About the Authors

Taku Kashiyama

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Murayama

takashim@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Erika Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Paul D. Allen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yasuo Ogawa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK TM YO. Performed the experiments: TK. Analyzed the data: TK TM YO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES PDA. Wrote the paper: TK TM PDA YO.