Figure 2. Maternal exposure to pre-natal stress resulted in an attenuated stress response in their offspring.

CORT level modification in response to a capture-handling-restraint protocol in offspring of mothers exposed to pre- and post-natal control treatments (white dots and solid line), of mothers exposed to pre-natal control and post-natal stress treatments (white dots and dashed line), of mothers exposed to pre-natal stress and post-natal control treatments (black dots and solid line) and of mothers exposed to pre- and post-natal stress treatments (black dots and dashed line). Values are means ± SEM. Different letters indicate significant differences.