About the Authors
- Aiko Ishiki
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Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Shoji Okinaga
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Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Naoki Tomita
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Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Reiko Kawahara
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Affiliation Department of Gerontological Nursing, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Ichiro Tsuji
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Ryoichi Nagatomi
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Affiliation Division of Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sendai, Japan
- Yasuyuki Taki
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Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Takashi Takahashi
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Affiliation Department of Infection Control and Immunology and Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
- Masafumi Kuzuya
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Affiliation Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Shigeto Morimoto
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
- Katsuya Iijima
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Affiliation Institute of Gerontology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Takeyoshi Koseki
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Affiliation Department of Oral Health and Development Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
- Hiroyuki Arai
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Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Katsutoshi Furukawa
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* E-mail: kfurukawa-ns@umin.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SO RK IT RN YT TT MK SM KI TK HA KF. Performed the experiments: AI SO NT TT SM TK KF. Analyzed the data: AI SO NT KF. Wrote the paper: AI SO KF.