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Article History

Received: 9 May 2025

Accepted: 6 February 2026

First Online: 24 February 2026

Declarations

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: The authors have no conflicts of interest or competing interests.

: All animal care and use protocols were approved by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol #16678882). Male Sprague–Dawley rats (Charles River Laboratories Inc., San Francisco, CA), approximately 10-weeks old, were housed in environmental chambers at 21 °C (warm) or 4 °C (cold) and a 12 h-light and 12 h-dark cycle.