Table 3: Organ weight of animals exposed to social defeat stress and chronic ethanol administration.
Body weight (g) | Adrenals relative weight (g/kg) | Spleen relative weight (g/kg) | Thymus relative weight (g/kg) | |
Control/vehicle | 56 ± 1.0 | 0.1215 ± 0.0037 | 5.0428 ± 0.2754 | 3.3903 ± 0.1722 |
Stress/vehicle | 58 ± 2.7 | 0.1437 ± 0.0128 | 5.5559 ± 0.3314 | 2.4059 ± 0.2044a |
Control/ethanol | 53 ± 2.2 | 0.1627 ± 0.0133∗ | 5.1077 ± 0.2108 | 2.6612 ± 0.2575a |
Stress/ethanol | 57 ± 2.3 | 0.1604 ± 0.0109∗ | 5.5683 ± 0.7318 | 2.5471 ± 0.1565a |
Data are expressed as means ± SE (n = 8–9 animals per group). The organ dissection was made 48 h after the last ethanol exposure. ∗P < .05 overall Ethanol effect; a, P < .05 relative to control/vehicle group. |