About the Authors

Ning Ma

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Yan Ma

mayan@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Akio Nakashima

Affiliation Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Ushio Kikkawa

Affiliation Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Tomoyuki Furuyashiki

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM YM TF. Performed the experiments: NM AN. Analyzed the data: NM YM TF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM TF. Wrote the paper: NM YM TF UK.