Special thanks to all the participants that included professors and students of the University of Barcelona and of the EÒLIA Centre Superior d’Art Dramàtic. We would like to thank the CCiTUB (Scientific and Technological Centers of the UB) of the Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), for the expert and technical help using the LC-MS/MS equipment.
Rafael Franco, who is the Editor-in-Chief of Exploration of Neuroprotective Therapy, was not involved in the decision-making or the review process of this manuscript. The other authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ethical approval
This study did not involve new human or animal experiments. According to the regulations of the institution and regional government guidelines, the use de-identified data, which are already reported and readily available, does not require specific approval by an Ethics Committee.
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The data used in this study from the Kalecký et al. (2022) study, under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License, is provided in supplementary Table S1. The remaining supporting data of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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