About the Authors

Hideyuki Matsumoto

hideyukimatsumoto.jp@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuo Terao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Akihiro Yugeta

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hideki Fukuda

Affiliation Segawa Neurological Clinic for Children, Tokyo, Japan

Masaki Emoto

Affiliation Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Toshiaki Furubayashi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Tomoko Okano

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ritsuko Hanajima

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshikazu Ugawa

Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from a commercial source (GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd; Novartis Japan Co., Ltd; and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. Co., Ltd.). Dr. Terao is supported by a Research Project Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan Research and GlaxoSmithKline and Boehringer Ingelheim, and has received speaker's honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Hanajima is supported by a Research Project Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan Research and has received speaker's honoraria from Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd; Novartis Japan Co., Ltd; and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. Co., Ltd. Dr. Ugawa is supported by supported by a Research Project Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan Research; by grants for the Research Committee on the Best rTMS Treatment of Parkinson's Disease from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan; by the Research Committee on Dystonia of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan; by a grant from the Committee of the Study of Human Exposure to EMF from the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM YT YU. Performed the experiments: HM YT AY HF ME TF TO. Analyzed the data: HM YT RH YU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT HF RH YU. Wrote the paper: HM YT RH YU.