About the Authors

Kunie Hagiwara

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan

Takeshi Obayashi

Affiliation Division of Applied Informatics for Human and Life Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Science, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Nobuyuki Sakayori

Affiliation Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Emiko Yamanishi

Affiliation Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Ryuhei Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan

Noriko Osumi

osumi@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Toru Nakazawa

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Kohji Nishida

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka, Suita, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH RH NO KN. Performed the experiments: KH NS EY. Analyzed the data: TO KH NO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO KH NO. Wrote the paper: KH NO. Financial supports: NO TN KN.