About the Authors

Takashi Ueyama

tueyama@wakayama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Tomohiro Donishi

Affiliation Department of System Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Satoshi Ukai

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Yuta Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Takuya Ishida

Affiliation Department of System Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Shunji Tamagawa

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Muneki Hotomi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Kazuhiro Shinosaki

Affiliation Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Noboru Yamanaka

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Yoshiki Kaneoke

Affiliation Department of System Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TU. Performed the experiments: TU SUST MH KS NY. Analyzed the data: TU TD TI YKYY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TD TI YK. Wrote the paper: TU.