About the Authors

Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Sohshi Yuki

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Chiaki Dohmoto

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Yoshihisa Ikeda

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Miharu Samuraki

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Kazuo Iwasa

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Masami Yokogawa

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Sciences, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Kimiko Asai

Affiliation Bishoen Geriatric Health Services Facility, Suzu, Japan

Kiyonobu Komai

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ioh Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Masahito Yamada

m-yamada@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN-S SY CD KI KK HN M. Yamada. Performed the experiments: MN-S SY CD YI MS KI M. Yokogawa KA KK M. Yamada. Analyzed the data: MN-S. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN-S SY. Wrote the paper: MN-S M. Yamada.