Table 1.

Body and adrenal weight in DEX-treated mice and rats.

	Mice			Rats
	Body weight (g)		Adrenal weight (mg/100 g b.w.)	Body weight (g)		Adrenal weight (mg/100 g b.w.)
	Before	After	After	Before	After	After
CTL	38.7 ± 0.6	40.2 ± 0.6	18.21 ± 1.74	340.1 ± 6.5	351.2 ± 11.5	17.5 ± 1.12
DEX	39.4 ± 0.8	37.9 ± 0.7†	12.68 ± 0.72∗	346.7 ± 11.2	309.6 ± 10.8†	11.38 ± 0.78∗

^†Significantly different using unpaired t-test versus DEX before treatment; *significantly different using unpaired t-test versus CTL after treatment P < 0.05; n = 6–8; values are mean ± s.e.m.