Table 2.

Mean (±S.E.M.) baseline corticosterone and daily consumption measures

	Baseline plasma corticosterone (ng/ml)		Daily fluid consumption (ml)		Daily CORT dose consumed (mg/kg) CORT
	Water	CORT	Water	CORT
Experiment 1a	80.6±24.6	87.1±33.0	23.7±1.5	25.7±1.5	24.5±1.5
Experiment 1b
Vehicle	101.0±10.5	87.0±18.5	24.3±1.4	22.4±1.3	20.8±1.2
Dexamethasone	119.0±25.4	133.0±33.3	22.8±0.7	25.0±1.6	23.6±1.5
Experiment 2a
7-Day CORT	152.8±25.8	161.3±34.1	21.7±1.9	23.3±1.4	21.5±1.3
1-Day CORT	131.1±29.2	137.4±40.0	18.3±0.5	21.9±1.8	19.8±1.7
Experiment 2b	109.1±29.5	92.3±22.2	24.1±1.7	25.6±2.2	23.8±2.1
Experiment 3	103.5±17.1	99.8±11.3	24.6±0.9	25.8±1.1	25.6±1.4
Experiment 5a	129.1±25.8	120.2±36.1	21.8±3.5	22.7±2.0	21.1±1.9
Experiment 5b	124.0±11.6	108.8±17.5	21.7±0.9	23.9±1.9	22.1±1.8