Table 2.
Baseline plasma corticosterone (ng/ml) |
Daily fluid consumption (ml) |
Daily CORT dose consumed (mg/kg) CORT | |||
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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 |