Article Information
- Received April 17, 2014
- Revision received October 9, 2014
- Accepted October 31, 2014
- First published January 7, 2015.
- Version of record published January 7, 2015.
Author Information
- Yumi Murata1,2,
- Noriyuki Higo1,3,4,
- Takuya Hayashi5,
- Yukio Nishimura4,6,
- Yoko Sugiyama1,7,
- Takao Oishi1,3,8,
- Hideo Tsukada3,9,
- Tadashi Isa3,6, and
- Hirotaka Onoe3,5
- 1Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan,
- 2Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 1020083, Japan,
- 3Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 3320012, Japan,
- 4Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 3320012, Japan,
- 5Division of Bio-Function Dynamics Imaging, Center for Life Science Technologies, RIKEN, Kobe, Hyogo, 6500047, Japan,
- 6Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 4448585, Japan,
- 7Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 3058577, Japan,
- 8Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, 4848506, Japan, and
- 9Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 4348601, Japan
Author contributions
Author contributions: Y.M., N.H., Y.N., T.O., T.I., and H.O. designed research; Y.M., N.H., T.H., Y.N., Y.S., and H.O. performed research; H.T. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; Y.M., N.H., and T.H. analyzed data; Y.M. and N.H. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received April 17, 2014.
- Revision received October 9, 2014.
- Accepted October 31, 2014.
This work was supported by a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, as well as the Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology programs of the Japan Science and Technology Agency. We thank Dr. I. Takashima, Dr. T. Kakiuchi, Dr. H. Oba, M. Kawahara, K. Onoe, and A. Muramatsu for excellent technical assistance; and T. Takasu for superb care of the animals.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Yumi Murata, Systems Neuroscience Group, Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan. murata.ym{at}aist.go.jp
