About the Authors

Masanori Yoneyama

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Setsunan University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Tatsuo Shiba

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Setsunan University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Shigeru Hasebe

Current address: Laboratory of Medicinal Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Setsunan University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Kasumi Umeda

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Setsunan University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Taro Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Setsunan University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Kiyokazu Ogita

ogita@pharm.setsunan.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Setsunan University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KO MY. Performed the experiments: SH KU. Analyzed the data: KO MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TY. Wrote the paper: KO.