Table 1.

Slopes (mean ± SEM) and latencies (mean ± SEM) of AEPs recorded in hippocampal areas CA1 and CA3 and the LA before, during, and after chronic stress

	Slope (%)			Latency (ms)
	CA1	CA3	LA	CA1	CA3	LA
Before stress	100 ± 18.0	100 ± 14.9	100 ± 16.0	46.8 ± 0.9	47.9 ± 1.5	20.5 ± 1.2
1 h + (1 d & 2 d stress)	277.4 ± 43.5***	247.9 ± 53.2***	188.6 ± 19.5***	47.3 ± 1.0	50.3 ± 1.5	17.6 ± 1.0
24 h + (1 d & 2 d stress)	172.4 ± 27.4*	149.9 ± 17.3	170.0 ± 19.8**	46.9 ± 1.0	48.7 ± 2.0	20.6 ± 1.2
24 h + (9 d & 10 d stress)	123.8 ± 13.9	118.6 ± 19.6	165.9 ± 19.0**	45.4 ± 0.3	49.2 ± 1.8	21.2 ± 1.5
Stress-free recovery	85.1 ± 15.6	72.7 ± 11.0	110.1 ± 19.6	45.6 ± 1.0	45.9 ± 1.5	21.9 ± 2.7

*p < 0.05,

**p < 0.01, and

***p < 0.001, compared with the values before stress.