About the Authors

Ryoi Tamura

rtamura@med.u-toyama.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Integrative Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Hiroshi Nishida

Affiliations Department of Integrative Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Satoshi Eifuku

Affiliation Department of Integrative Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Kaoru Nagao

Affiliation Department of Integrative Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Hiroaki Fushiki

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Yukio Watanabe

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Taketoshi Ono

Affiliation Judo Neurophysiotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RT HN. Performed the experiments: RT HN KN. Analyzed the data: RT HN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT. Wrote the paper: RT HN SE HF YW TO.