About the Authors

Rintaro Kuroda

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, Department of Neurosurgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Kaoru Tominaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

tominaga@jichi.ac.jp (KT); hendo@jichi.ac.jp (HE)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Katsumi Kasashima

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Kenji Kuroiwa

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Eiji Sakashita

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Hiroko Hayakawa

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Core Center of Research Apparatus, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Tom Kouki

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Nobuhiko Ohno

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, Division of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

Kensuke Kawai

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Hitoshi Endo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

tominaga@jichi.ac.jp (KT); hendo@jichi.ac.jp (HE)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.