Table 2.

Mean body weight gain at testing (weight at testing – starting weight)

Experiment	Group	Body weight gain (Mean ± SEM, g)	F-Value (*p<0.05)
Experiment 1
3 days post-CIC	Control	18.67 ± 5.80
	CIC	14.33 ± 3.77	F 1,22 =4.70*
7 days post-CIC	Control	22.36 ± 6.55
	CIC	18.33 ± 9.02	F 1,21 =1.48
14 days post-CIC	Control	26.25 ± 2.92
	CIC	22.80 ± 2.81	F 1,16 =0.80
21 days post-CIC	Control	36.63 ± 2.72
	CIC	31.50 ± 1.63	F 1,16 =3.22
Experiment 2
2-week CIC	Control	18.75 ± 14.48
	CIC	11.63 ± 10.51	F 1,10 =0.18
5-week CIC	Control	91.50 ± 10.74
	CIC	88.86 ± 9.75	F 1,9 =0.04
Experiment 3
Chronic CIT	Control-Veh	65.33 ± 4.27
	Control-Cit	59.71 ± 8.56	F 1,26 =0.02 (Drug)
	CIC-Veh	52.71 ± 7.58	F 1,26 =1.74 (Stress)
	CIC-Cit	56.86 ± 4.57
Chronic DMI	Control-Veh	61.25 ± 5.45
	Control-Cit	64.86 ± 4.48	F 1,25 =0.04 (Drug)
	CIC-Veh	57.00 ± 6.58	F 1,25 =1.93 (Stress)
	CIC-Cit	55.29 ± 4.48
Acute CIT	Control	14.63 ± 3.43
	CIC	5.63 ± 3.86	F 1,30=4.33*
Acute DMI	Control	6.00 ± 5.21
	CIC	3.33 ± 3.47	F 1,22 =0.20

^*p<0.05 compared to the corresponding control group