Table 2.

Effects of embryonic treatment on tissue-specific expression of corticosteroid receptors in adult fish.

Relative mRNA abundance (AU)
	gr						mr
Tissue	Con	Dex	Con Mo	GR Mo	Hyp con	Hyp	Con	Dex	Con Mo	GR Mo	Hyp con	Hyp
Liver	0.34±0.05	0.47±0.03	0.37±0.03	0.21±0.02*	0.42±0.04	0.31±0.34	0.62±0.02	0.68±0.03	0.71±0.07	0.62±0.08	0.70±0.05	0.59±0.09
Kidney	1.17±0.17	2.03±0.07**	1.20±0.26	1.45±0.09	1.20±0.24	1.30±0.14	1.20±0.09	1.12±0.05	1.32±0.06	1.28±0.05	1.18±0.08	1.21±0.04
Brain	6.35±0.59	7.23±0.85	7.01±0.65	6.74±0.14	5.98±0.65	4.56±0.34	10.05±0.60	11.7±0.06	9.35±0.31	10.3±0.4	9.98±1.21	10.01±0.7
Muscle	2.48±0.09	2.34±0.04	2.01±0.23	2.10±0.12	3.00±0.09	2.13±0.10	0.85±0.06	0.89±0.02	0.91±0.02	0.87±0.03*	0.67±0.06	0.71±0.05

Relative mRNA abundance of mr and gr in adult fish tissues after embryonic/larval treatment. Results were analysed by two-way ANOVA. Significant effects of pre-treatment indicated by *P<0.05 and **P<0.001.