Rahardjo, Gita
Shanehsazzadeh, Saeed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6923-9461
Niedermayer, Garry
Liu, Guo-Jun
Parmar, Arvind
Zahra, David
Arthur, Andrew
Hamze, Hasar
Gamage, Rashmi
Hwang, Min-je
Forbes, Megan
Sen, Monokesh K.
Gyengesi, Erika https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7371-7385
Münch, Gerald https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4873-7779
Funding for this research was provided by:
Western Sydney University Graduate Research School scholarship award
Western Sydney University School of Science Early Career researcher grant
Article History
Received: 30 June 2025
Accepted: 1 October 2025
First Online: 9 October 2025
Declarations
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: All animal procedures complied with the Australian Code for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes and were approved by the Western Sydney University (A12549) and University of Sydney (2018/1346) Animal Ethics Committees. The study adheres to ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines, ensuring transparency, reproducibility, and animal welfare. Pain and distress were minimized, and animals were maintained under standardized enrichment and husbandry conditions.
: Not applicable.
: Author Erika Gyengesi declares that she is an Editorial Board Member of Discover Neuroscience and confirms that she was not involved in the handling or decision-making of her own submission.