Bietz, David https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5581-5949
Ceylan, Burak https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8041-1243
Räk, Andrea
Köhler, Ina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0709-9598
Wahle, Petra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8710-0375
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Article History
Received: 5 June 2026
Accepted: 5 August 2026
First Online: 12 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics Statement: All experiments were conducted in accordance with National and European (2010/63/EU) laws for the use of animals in research. Neonatal rats, born and housed in the local animal facility, were used for organotypic slice cultures. According to the German Animal Welfare Act (“Tierschutzgesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, TierSchG”, § 4), the killing of vertebrates to remove tissue or organs for scientific purposes does not require official or institutional authorization. Therefore, no file number has been assigned to this project.