Umegaki, Yusuke
Nakagawa, Atsuo
Todo, Naoya
Baba, Ayako
Mitsuda, Dai
Watkins, Edward R.
Mullan, Eugene
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K03045, 25K06823)
Nara Women’s University Intramural Grant for Project Research
Article History
Received: 18 March 2025
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 16 February 2026
Declarations
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: Institutional review board approval has been obtained from Nara Women’s University (approval number 23–32, approval date October 26th, 2023; latest version: approval number 25–79, approval date December 25th, 2025). All participants will provide written informed consent prior to their participation in the study. Participants will be thoroughly informed that participation in the trial is voluntary, and that they retain the right to withdraw at any stage of the trial without facing any negative consequences.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.