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. 2009 Mar 24;106(14):5966–5971. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0805355106

Table 1.

Plasma hormone concentrations before (Basal) and after (24 h) i.c.v. vehicle and T3 infusion

Veh i.c.v., n = 7
T3 i.c.v., n = 8
Basal 24 h Basal 24 h
T3 (nmol/L) 1.25 ± 0.19 0.92 ± 0.04 1.21 ± 0.12 1.40 ± 0.12a
T4 (nmol/L) 154 ± 13 128 ± 12 149 ± 11 106 ± 8a
T3/T4 (%) 0.87 ± 0.18 0.77 ± 0.10 0.82 ± 0.07 1.35 ± 0.12a
TSH (mU/L) 0.37 ± 0.10 0.26 ± 0.02 0.29 ± 0.06 0.24 ± 0.03
Insulin (pmol/L) 290 ± 47 351 ± 55 295 ± 46 392 ± 67
Corticosterone (ng/ml) 78 ± 39 150 ± 60 181 ± 45 162 ± 49

aP < 0.05 vs. Basal value within the same group.