Kato, Hirotaka
Goto, Rei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15J03333, 15K03508)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H27-Policy-Strategic-011)
ImPACT program of Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (Actualize Energetic Life by Creating Brain Information Industries)
Article History
Received: 7 March 2017
Accepted: 8 August 2017
First Online: 15 August 2017
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