Bessa-Gonçalves, Mafalda
Bragança, Bruno
Martins-Dias, Eduardo
Vinhas, Adriana
Certal, Mariana
Rodrigues, Tânia
Ferreirinha, Fátima
Costa, Maria Adelina
Correia-de-Sá, Paulo
Fontes-Sousa, Ana Patrícia
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidade do Porto
Article History
Received: 16 March 2023
Accepted: 12 June 2023
First Online: 5 July 2023
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Animal handling and experiments were performed following the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication No. 85-23, Revised 2011), and followed the European Communities Council Directive (86/609/EEC). All procedures involving animals were approved by the competent national authority Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, and by the Animal Welfare Committee of ICBAS (No. 224/2017). All efforts were made to minimize animal suffering and to reduce the number of animals used according to the ARRIVE guidelines. This exploratory study was not pre-registered.