Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant RGPIN (04136)
Article History
Received: 22 January 2020
Accepted: 7 May 2020
First Online: 28 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The in vivo experiment on the rat was carried out at the Animal Care Facility (ACF) of Concordia University. All procedures were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Concordia Universityand were conducted in accordance with guidelines of the Canadian Council on Animal Care.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.