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. 2020 Mar 21;225(3):969–984. doi: 10.1007/s00429-020-02049-y

Table 2.

Effect of 2% NaCl solution (high salt; HS) intake for 6 days on body parameters of Wistar rats

NS HS
Bodyweight change (g) 49 ± 2 − 46*** ± 5
Plasma osmolality (mOsm/L) 304 ± 1 363*** ± 7
Relative adrenal weight (g/bwkg) 166 ± 8 219* ± 17
Relative thymus weight (g/bwkg) 2349 ± 139 944*** ± 102
n 8 8

Control subjects received tap water (normal salt; NS). Means ± SEM, Student’s t tests, p* < 0.05 and p*** < 0.001 vs. NS