About the Authors

Taro Yamaguchi

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Reiko Nagashima

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Masanori Yoneyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Tatsuo Shiba

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Kiyokazu Ogita

ogita@pharm.setsunan.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY RN KO. Performed the experiments: TY RN. Analyzed the data: TY RN KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY TS. Wrote the paper: TY RN KO.