Table 2.

Adrenal steroidogenic gene expression levels

	Unstressed		Stressed		2‐way ANOVA
	Control	Restricted	Control	Restricted	Group	Stress	Interaction
Cyp21a1	1.08 ± 0.17	1.23 ± 0.18	1.42 ± 0.18	1.03 ± 0.08	NS	NS	NS
Cyp11b1	1.00 ± 0.04	1.10 ± 0.08	1.14 ± 0.07	1.18 ± 0.05	NS	NS	NS
Cyp11b2	1.01 ± 0.06	1.06 ± 0.09	1.15 ± 0.1	1.13 ± 0.12	NS	NS	NS
Hsd11b2	1.03 ± 0.10	1.10 ± 0.10	1.08 ± 0.10	1.22 ± 0.13	NS	NS	NS
Agtr1b	1.06 ± 0.15	1.20 ± 0.15	1.52 ± 0.19	1.30 ± 0.14	NS	NS	NS
Pnmt	1.21 ± 0.26	1.43 ± 0.27	1.44 ± 0.25	0.97 ± 0.13	NS	NS	NS
Igf1r	1.01 ± 0.06	1.02 ± 0.05	1.07 ± 0.07	1.14 ± 0.09	NS	NS	NS
Th	1.04 ± 0.11	1.19 ± 0.14	1.27 ± 0.16	1.31 ± 0.04	NS	NS	NS

Effects of growth restriction and maternal stress on adrenal mRNA expression of steroidogenenic genes (mean ± SEM; n = 7–8 per group). NS, not significant.