About the Authors

Ryu Katsumata

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Shinsuke Ishigaki

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan, Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Masahisa Katsuno

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Kaori Kawai

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Jun Sone

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Zhe Huang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Hiroaki Adachi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Fumiaki Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Fumihiko Urano

Affiliations Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gen Sobue

sobueg@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK GS. Performed the experiments: RK SI MK KK JS. Analyzed the data: RK SI MK KK JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK SI MK KK ZH JS HA FT FU. Wrote the paper: RK SI MK GS.