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Table 1 Adrenal and thymus weights of animals receiving saline (SAL) or (+)-methamphetamine (MA) in Experiment 1 or weights from control animals or animals forced to swim (FS) in Experiment 2 (Mean ± SEM)

From: Comparison of time-dependent effects of (+)-methamphetamine or forced swim on monoamines, corticosterone, glucose, creatine, and creatinine in rats

Tissue

Treatment

1 h

7 h

24 h

72 h

Adrenal Gland (% Body Weight)

SAL

0.186 ± 0.007

0.214 ± 0.007

0.194 ± 0.011

0.151 ± 0.007

 

MA

0.153 ± 0.008

0.187 ± 0.016

0.196 ± 0.014

0.168 ± 0.007

 

Control

0.130 ± 0.014

0.194 ± 0.015

0.182 ± 0.014

-

 

FS

0.151 ± 0.006

0.182 ± 0.011

0.188 ± 0.016

-

Thymus (% Body Weight)

SAL

2.314 ± 0.084

2.263 ± 0.175

1.481 ± 0.108

1.361 ± 0.076

 

MA*

1.829 ± 0.125

2.041 ± 0.202

1.348 ± 0.084

0.9441 ± 0.071

 

Control

1.786 ± 0.212

2.174 ± 0.123

1.640 ± 0.100

-

 

FS

1.609 ± 0.129

2.057 ± 0.159

1.87 ± 0.075

-

  1. *p < 0.05 vs SAL