Male Sprague Dawley outbred rats (n = 130 total; male) (Envigo, Houston, TX, United States), weighing 200–225 g at arrival were single housed as described previously [15, 18]. All experiments were conducted in accordance with the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (2011) and with the University of Texas Medical Branch Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
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