Table 3.

Plasma corticosterone, thymus, and body weight. Corticosterone was measured before the first day of testing (day 0) and 24 hours after the last testing day (day 11). Data are presented as mean ± SEM.

	Plasma corticosterone (ng/mL)		Thymus weight (mg)	Body weight (g)
Group	Day 0	Day 11	Day 11	Day 11
Sham	13.78 ± 2.37	17.96 ± 4.10	49.3 ± 0.9	25.1 ± 0.8
ADX	12.39 ± 1.50	15.24 ± 8.81	64.2 ± 2.5*	27.4 ± 0.7
ALC	88.67 ± 19.26*	33.18 ± 4.87	38.9 ± 0.5*	24.7 ± 0.7
AHC	168.00 ± 19.23*	88.63 ± 10.58*	21.2 ± 1.2*	25.3 ± 1.2

*P < .05 compared to all other groups.