Table 1. The effect of maternal separation on the isolated pancreatic islets insulin content and insulin secretion as a percentage of insulin content in the presence of different concentrations of glucose in young adult male rats.

	Insulin Content (ng/mg Protein)			Insulin Output/Insulin Content (%)
	Medium Glucose (mM)			Medium Glucose (mM)
Group	0	5.6	16.7	0	5.6	16.7
Non-STR	23.65±9.41	92.05±9.41	105.88±9.41	71.31±5.14	83.71±5.14	92.67±5.14
STR	23.06±9.41	14.50 ±9.41****	88.61 ±9.41	68.91±5.14	71.17±5.14	92.68±5.14

Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM in six young adult male rats (two groups of ten islets for each concentration of glucose in each animal); STR: Stress,

^****P<0.0001 vs. non-STR of the same glucose concentration.