^○Mananu Inoue (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine)

^○Ryo Itabashi (Stroke Center, Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University)

^○Teruyuki Hirano (Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kyorin University)

^○Kenichi Todo (Department of Neurology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)

^○Kazumi Kimura (Nippon Medical SChool)