Table 1.

Animal characteristics.

	Con	UCMS	Con+Feb	UCMS + Feb
Body Mass, g	26.5 ± 4.2	24.8 ± 3.6	25.7 ± 3.5	26.2 ± 3.7
Mean Blood Pressure, mmHg	122 ± 11	127 ± 11	118 ± 12	129 ± 9
Corticosterone, ng/ml	112.5 ± 74.9	227.0 ± 126.4*	150.0 ± 102.1	142.2 ± 67.7
Coat Scores, AU	0.5 ± 1.2	6.3 ± 1.3*	0.9 ± 1.4	5.7 ± 1.8*
Sucrose Splash-Latency (sec)	7.3 ± 7.2	20.5 ± 16.5*	9.0 ± 8.0	24.3 ± 27.5*
Sucrose Splash-Number of Licks	41.9 ± 20.7	27.5 ± 17.5*	40.8 ± 17.3	25.1 ± 19.4*

UCMS: unpredictable chronic mild stress. Mean ± SD. *p < 0.05 vs. Con; n = 22–28/group except corticosterone n = 11–12/group. 2 way ANOVA was performed.