About the Authors

Yutaka Ohsawa

yosawa@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp (YO); ysunada@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp (YS)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Kentaro Takayama

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0392, Japan

Shin-ichiro Nishimatsu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Tadashi Okada

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases (NRCPD), Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080–8555, Japan

Masahiro Fujino

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan, Department of Health and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Medical Professions, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0193, Japan

Yuta Fukai

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Tatsufumi Murakami

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Hiroki Hagiwara

Affiliation Department of Medical Science, Teikyo University of Science, Uenohara, Yamanashi, 409–0193, Japan

Fumiko Itoh

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0392, Japan

Kunihiro Tsuchida

Affiliation Division for Therapies against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, 470–1192, Japan

Yoshio Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0392, Japan

Yoshihide Sunada

yosawa@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp (YO); ysunada@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp (YS)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YO YS. Performed the experiments: K. Takayama TO MF YF TM. Analyzed the data: FI YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K. Tsuchida. Wrote the paper: YO SN HH YS.