About the Authors

Hikaru Takeuchi

takehi@idac.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Yasuyuki Taki

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Hiroshi Hashizume

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Yuko Sassa

Affiliation Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Tomomi Nagase

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Rui Nouchi

Affiliation Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Ryuta Kawashima

Affiliations Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Department of Functional Brain Imaging, 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: HT RK. Performed the experiments: HT YT HH YS TN RN. Analyzed the data: HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT. Wrote the paper: HT. Discussed the findings: HT YT HH YS TN RN.