Lopes, Rafael Faria
Gonçalves-Ribeiro, Joana
Sebastião, Ana M.
Meneses, Carlos
Vaz, Sandra H.
Article History
Received: 22 February 2023
Revised: 26 September 2023
Accepted: 29 September 2023
First Online: 4 November 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: Sprague–Dawley rats pups were obtained from Charles River (Barcelona, Spain). The European Union guidelines (2010/63/EU) and Portuguese law were respected in all procedures regarding the protection of animals for scientific purposes, being the number of animals and their suffering minimized. This study was approved by the “iMM’s Institutional Animal Welfare Body—ORBEA-iMM and the National competent authority—DGAV (Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária).”