Sex differences in the traumatic stress response: the role of adult gonadal hormones

Table 1 SPS did not affect body or adrenal weight in sham-operated (intact) males and females

Rat body weights were collected before undergoing SPS or control conditions (baseline) and before the dexamethasone suppression test (post-test). Adrenal weights were collected after sacrifice. SPS did not affect body weight, and all rats gained weight over the course of the experiment (*, vs baseline). As expected, female body weight was lower, but adrenal weight higher, than that of males. Data was presented as mean ±SEM. Significance set at P < .05 (indicated by asterisk) for planned pairwise comparisons (Bonferroni). Refer to Additional file 3 for full statistical results

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