About the Authors

Chizuru Utsugi

Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan, Department of Sensory Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Sadaharu Miyazono

Affiliation Department of Sensory Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Kazumi Osada

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Tohbetu, Japan

Hitoshi Sasajima

Affiliation Department of Sensory Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Tomohiro Noguchi

Affiliation Department of Sensory Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Mitsuyoshi Matsuda

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Makoto Kashiwayanagi

yanagi@asahikawa-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Sensory Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK. Performed the experiments: CU MK SM KO. Analyzed the data: MK CU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS TN MM. Wrote the paper: MK CU SM.