About the Authors

Kyeung A. Ryu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Ah-Ra Lyu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Heesung Park

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Jin Woong Choi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Gang Min Hur

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Yong-Ho Park

parkyh@cnu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, Brain Research Institute, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAR YHP. Performed the experiments: KAR ARL HP YHP. Analyzed the data: JWC YHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAR ARL GMH. Wrote the paper: KAR GMH YHP.