Figure 1.

Plasma Corticosterone Levels. Figure depicts the plasma levels of corticosterone (mean ± s.e.m.) of adult male rats that were gestationally stressed or not, and then restraint stressed, or not, immediately before testing in the open field. ^**Above line indicates a significant difference of gestational stress compared to non-gestationally stressed (control) rats (p < 0.05 for main effect and Fisher's PLSD post-hoc tests). ^∧ Indicates a significant difference of acute restraint stress compared to no acute stress group (p < 0.05 for main effect and Fisher's PLSD post-hoc tests). There was no significant interaction between stress variables for plasma corticosterone levels.