Table 1.

Plasma levels of gonadal steroids of rats from each experiment. Mean ± SEM estradiol and testosterone values, as based upon radioimmunoassay of plasma samples collected prior to perfusion in rats from each experiment. Whereas mean values of sex steroids are lower following each experimental treatment, none of these were significant

Experiment 1	Control	CVS	P value
Female, estradiol (E2)	156 ± 17 pg/mL	137 ± 9 pg/mL	0.3
Male, testosterone (T)	–	–	–
Experiment 2	Sham	CORT
Female, E2	146 ± 27 pg/mL	129 ± 11 pg/mL	0.6
Experiment 3	Control	CRS
Female, E2	153 ± 21 pg/mL	127 ± 9 pg/mL	0.4
Male, T	2.2 ± 0.6 ng/mL	1.5 ± 0.3 ng/mL	0.3