About the Authors

Hiroki Ota

Affiliations Department of Neural Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan

Kimiaki Katanosaka

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience II, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Shiori Murase

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan

Makiko Kashio

Affiliation Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

Makoto Tominaga

Affiliation Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

Kazue Mizumura

mizu@isc.chubu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM. Performed the experiments: HO. Analyzed the data: HO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM MK MT. Wrote the paper: HO KM. Designed the detail methods and techniques: KK SM.