Frigero, Marcelo
dos Santos, Solange Almeida
Serra, Andrey Jorge
dos Santos Monteiro Machado, Caroline
Portes, Leslie Andrews
Tucci, Paulo José Ferreira
Silva, Flavio
Leal-Junior, Ernesto Cesar
de Carvalho, Paulo de Tarso Camillo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9624-4103
Funding for this research was provided by:
São Paulo Research Foundation (2015/13677-4)
National Council for Scientific and Technological - CNPQ (309065/2015-1)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2017
Accepted: 14 May 2018
First Online: 28 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: All experimental procedures were performed in accordance with the standards established by the Brazilian College for Animal Experimentation. The animals were handled in compliance with the national guidelines for the humane treatment of laboratory animals, and the UNINOVE Research Ethics Committee approved all experimental procedures (approval number CEUA-AN0035.2014).
: No competing financial interests exist. Professor Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal-Junior receives research support from Multi Radiance Medical (Solon, OH-USA), a laser device manufacturer. Multi Radiance Medical had no role in the planning of this study, and the laser device used was not theirs. They had no influence on study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.