Ferreira de Mattos, Gonzalo
Costa, Carlos
Savio, Florencia
Alonso, M.
Nicolson, G. L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
CSIC UY (944, 146, 91, Human Resources Program)
PDT (7643)
ANII - PEDECIBA
Millenium Program/Conycet International Cooperation Program
Article History
Received: 18 May 2017
Accepted: 28 July 2017
First Online: 23 August 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was funded by grants PDT 7643, CSIC I + D p944, p146, p91, the CSIC human resources for International cooperation program and SNI ANII to GF, GF is also grateful to PEDECIBA, the Millenium Program (Chile) and the Chilean Conicyt International Cooperation Program. GF acknowledges encouragement and support from Drs. Brum, Ríos, Latorre, González, Escobar, Salkoff, Darszon, Bloom and Gundersen.
: All the authors signing this manuscript declare that they have no conflict of interest with the procedures and results published in this paper. Gonzalo Ferreira declares that he has no conflict of interest. Carlos Costa declares that he has no conflict of interest. Florencia Savio declares that she has no conflict of interest. Mariana Alonso declares that she has no conflict of interest. Garth Nicolson declares that he has no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed according to bio-ethical procedures accepted by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences (IACUC). The protocol was submitted and approved by the Uruguayan Honorary Committee on Animal Ethics (CHEA), submitted by the corresponding author (071140-001788-09).