About the Authors

Mitsunori Ishiguro

Affiliations Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan, Departments of Neurosurgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Keisuke Mishiro

Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

Yasuyuki Fujiwara

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi, Japan

Huayue Chen

Affiliation Departments of Anatomy, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Hiroshi Izuta

Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

Kazuhiro Tsuruma

Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

Masamitsu Shimazawa

Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

Shinichi Yoshimura

Affiliation Departments of Neurosurgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Masahiko Satoh

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi, Japan

Toru Iwama

Affiliation Departments of Neurosurgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Hideaki Hara

hidehara@gifu-pu.ac.jp

Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI KM HH. Performed the experiments: MI KM YF HC HI. Analyzed the data: MI KT M. Shimazawa SY M. Satoh TI. Wrote the paper: MI HH.