Effect of stress and sex on dopamine (A), DOPAC (B), and HVA (C) levels in the nucleus accumbens of control and stressed mice in both females and males using HPLC. Green bars represent control females. Yellow bars represent stressed females. Blue bars represent control males. Purple bars represent stressed males. Error bars are SEM. * indicates main effect of sex, p<0.05. † indicates main effect of stress, p<0.05. Caret indicates a trend for effect of stress, DOPAC p=0.06; HVA p=0.08.