Effect of alcohol consumption on inflammatory mediators in gastrocnemius of adult and aged female rats: TNFα mRNA (A), IL-6 mRNA (B), IL-1β (C), and NOS2 mRNA (D). mRNA values were normalized to L32. Values are expressed as means ± SE; n = 8 or 9 rats per group. a,b,cValues with different letters are statistically different (P < 0.05), while those values with the same letter are not statistically different.