Figure 1.

Timeline of experimental events. (a) Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with corticosterone via their drinking water during post-natal days (PNDs) 30–50, and all behavioral testing began at PND 60, 10 days after the CORT exposure. There was no corticosterone CORT given during behavioral testing. (b) The CORT-exposed rats drank the same amount of fluid as rats drinking normal tap water throughout the CORT exposure period. (c) CORT-exposed rats did not differ from control rats in the amount of weight gained during the CORT exposure across adolescence. Data are displayed as samples throughout the exposure period. (d) The figure depicts the average dose in mg/kg of CORT that rats consumed on selected days throughout the 50-μg/ml phase of exposure.