Table 1.
Body Weight and Food Intake Throughout Chronic Variable Stress
| Group | Body Weight CVS Day 1 (g) | Body Weight CVS Day 13 (g) | Daily Food Intake (g) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Experiment 1 n=8/group |
No CVS GFP | 389.78±6.21 | 405.06±6.14 | 21.04±0.36 |
| No CVS siRNA | 389.84±12.23 | 405.85±12.13 | 21.68±0.53 | |
| CVS GFP | 402.03±7.45 | 404.19±8.57 | 18.82±0.30* | |
| CVS siRNA | 417.16±6.79 | 417.64±6.25 | 18.89±0.35† , ‡ | |
|
Experiment 2 n=7/group |
No CVS GFP | 372.83±7.72 | 363.80±7.15 | 15.08±0.45 |
| No CVS siRNA | 379.19±5.03 | 368.00±4.73 | 15.35±0.29 | |
| CVS GFP | 381.44±9.07 | 378.10±9.33 | 17.44±0.53* | |
| CVS siRNA | 384.69±5.10 | 379.49±3.64 | 17.78±0.35† , ‡ |
Body weight of animals at the beginning and end of chronic variable stress for experiments 1 and 2. In both experiments, CVS rats had ad libitum access to chow while No CVS animals received mild food restriction to prevent significant differences in body weight between chronically stressed animals and controls. CVS indicates chronic variable stress; GFP, green fluorescent protein; siRNA, small interfering RNA.
*P<0.05 CVS GFP vs No CVS GFP, † P<0.05 CVS siRNA vs No CVS GFP, ‡ P<0.05 CVS siRNA vs No CVS siRNA.