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.