Author contributions
Xinwei Wang and Xueping Li conceived and designed the study. Xinwei Wang and Mingxia Gao performed the experiments, analyzed data. Ziqi Ye designed the HIIT exercise prescription for rats. Peng Xia and Fanghui Li reviewed and edited the manuscript. Fanghui Li and Xueping Li provided technical and logistic support. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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