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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 25.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2012 Aug 2;108:6–12. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.07.010

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Effects of late gestation exposure to DEX on core body temperature (CBT) in adult male (A), and female (Panel B), offspring. For females, analysis of CBT during specific stages of the estrous cycle is also shown (Panels C–E). No effect of fetal DEX was seen on proestrus (C p<0.10), while CBT was decreased in DEX treated offspring during estrus (D, p<0.02) and diestrus (E, p<0.05). CBT was detected using temperature detecting transmitters that were inserted into the peritoneal cavity. Temperature was read remotely at 15 minute intervals throughout the day. Each data point represents the mean ± SEM of 3–4 animals.