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Vitamin D₃ attenuates anxiety-like behavior in long-term ovariectomized rats with unpredictable mild stress

Denis BARANENKO¹, Julia FEDOTOVA^{1, 2, *}, Annemieke Johanna Maria VAN DEN TOL³

1 International Research Centre “Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium”, ITMO University, 9 Lomonosova Str. St. Petersburg, 191002, Russia
2 Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology RASci., 6 Emb. Makarova, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
3 University of Lincoln, School of Psychology Sarah Swift Building 3201, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN5 7AY, UK.

* Address correspondence to: Julia Fedotova,