Fig. 1.
Threshold for ethanol-induced increases in plasma steroids. Ethanol was administered at varying doses and plasma and cerebral cortex were collected after 60 min to measure steroid levels. (a) Plasma pregnenolone, (b) plasma progesterone, (c) plasma 3α,5α-THP and (d) cerebral cortical 3α,5α-THP. *p < 0.001 and **p < 0.05 compared to saline control (one-way ANOVA followed by Newman-Keuls test), n = 4–5 for each group in duplicate.
