About the Authors

Kazunari Momma

Affiliations Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Neurology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Satoru Noguchi

noguchi@ncnp.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

May Christine V. Malicdan

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Yukiko K. Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Narihiro Minami

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Keiko Kamakura

Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Ikuya Nonaka

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Ichizo Nishino

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN MCVM INishino. Performed the experiments: KM MCVM NM INonaka. Analyzed the data: KM SN MCVM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YKH INonaka INishino. Wrote the paper: KM SN MCVM. Interpretation and discussion: KM SN MCVM YKH KK INishino.