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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011 Jan 13;36(7):945–954. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.11.010

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Effect on plasma cortisol levels of IV hydrocortisone infusion, 0.1 mg/kg body weight, compared to 0.9% saline infusion. Plasma sample #1 (−40 min) was collected immediately after placement of intravenous lines at ~ 1700h. Infusion (shown by black bar) began at ~ 1740h (0 min) and lasted 30 minutes. Error bars represent standard error of the mean (SEM). * indicates significant difference (p < 0.05) in post-hoc test.