Avloniti, Maria
Evangelidou, Maria
Gomini, Maria
Loupis, Theodore
Emmanouil, Mary
Mitropoulou, Adamantia
Tselios, Theodore
Lassmann, Hans
Gruart, Agnès
Delgado-García, José M.
Probert, Lesley
Kyrargyri, Vasiliki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Greek General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (09ΣΥΝ-21-609)
Greek General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) and the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation (Act1156)
Hellenic Pasteur Institute (Support for postdoctoral research)
Theodorou Theohari Kotsika Foundation (Scholarship for PhD studies)
Article History
Received: 18 September 2023
Accepted: 15 January 2024
First Online: 27 January 2024
Declarations
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: All animal procedures complied with PD 56/2013 and European Directive 2010/63/EU, welfare and ethical use of laboratory animals based on 3 + 1R: Replacement, Reduction, Refinement and Respect and the guidelines of PREPARE (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on Animals: Recommendations for Excellence), and ARRIVEs (Animal Research: Reporting in vivo experiments). The experimental protocol has been positively evaluated by the HPI Institutional Protocol Evaluation Committee and was licensed under the registered codes 2581/31-05-2018 and 990461/22-22-2023, by the Official Veterinary Authorities of Attiki’s Prefecture. Animals’ welfare was assessed by qualified staff and supervised daily by in-house veterinarian. All the in vivo electrophysiology recordings were made in awake, non-anaesthetized animals, in accordance with European Union (2010/63/EU) guidelines and Spanish (BOE 34/11370-421, 2013) regulations for the use of laboratory animals in chronic experiments. The experimental protocols were also approved by the local ethics committee of the Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.