About the Authors

Shingo Matsuura

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Kohei Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Masamichi Shinoda

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Complete Denture Prosthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Kinuyo Ohara

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Bunnai Ogiso

Affiliation Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Kuniya Honda

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Ayano Katagiri

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Barry J. Sessle

Affiliation Department of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kentaro Urata

Affiliation Department of Complete Denture Prosthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Iwata

iwata.kouichi@nihon-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Applied System Neuroscience Advanced Medical Research Center, Nihon University Graduate School of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to discussion and reviewed/edited the manuscript: BO BJS. Conceived and designed the experiments: KI. Performed the experiments: SM KS MS KO AK KU. Analyzed the data: SM KS MS KO AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH. Wrote the paper: MS KI.