Table 1: Body weight gain of the animals during the social defeat stress exposure or the chronic ethanol administration.


Initial body weight (g) Body weight after SDS (g) Body weight gain during SDS exposure (g) Body weight after ethanol administration (g) Body weight gain during ethanol administration (g)

Control/vehicle37.3 ± 1.644.4 ± 1.47.0 ± 0.453.1 ± 1.38.2 ± 1.2
Stress/vehicle39.1 ± 1.944.6 ± 1.75.5 ± 0.453.3 ± 1.98.2 ± 0.8
Control/ethanol36.6 ± 1.943.8 ± 1.77.2 ± 0.751.6 ± 1.56.9 ± 1.2
Stress/ethanol39.8 ± 1.745.2 ± 1.45.3 ± 0.554.0 ± 1.57.9 ± 1.2

Data are expressed as means ± SE (n = 17–18 animals per group). Body weight was measured on the first and the last day of stress exposure or ethanol administration. SDS, social defeat stress. P < .05 overall stress effect.