About the Authors

Yuichi Katori

katori@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliations FIRST, Aihara Innovative Mathematical Modelling Project, JST, Kawaguchi, Japan, Collaborative Research Center for Innovative Mathematical Modelling, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiro Sakamoto

Affiliation Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Naohiro Saito

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Jun Tanji

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Hajime Mushiake

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, CREST, JST, Kawaguchi, Japan

Kazuyuki Aihara

Affiliation Collaborative Research Center for Innovative Mathematical Modelling, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK KS HM KA. Performed the experiments: YK NS KS. Analyzed the data: YK KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT HM. Wrote the paper: YK. Performed model simulation and analyses: YK. Performed the physiological experiments: KS NS. Supervised the physiological experiment: HM JT. Supervised the entire project: KA.