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. 2011 Oct 24;6(10):e26582. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026582

Figure 3. Plasma corticosterone levels and sensitivity to foot shocks in euthyroid and hypothyroid rats.

Figure 3

(A) Scheme showing the experimental design for Experiment 3. Shadowed areas indicate periods of animal manipulations. (B) Dynamics of the plasma corticosterone response to training in the cued fear conditioning task (0, 15, 45 and 90 min after training). (C) Area under the curve (AUC) analysis showed significantly increased corticosterone levels in H rats as compared to E animals. (D) Sensitivity to foot shocks was not altered in H animals. No differences were found in either flinching or jumping behaviors. Bars show mean ± SEM. *, p<0.05; NS, no significant. n = 7 per group.