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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