Fig. 1
From: Anesthesia can alter the levels of corticosterone and the phosphorylation of signaling molecules
Corticosterone levels. A Corticosterone levels (ng/mL) measured in serum from the three experimental groups: the control group that received intraperitoneal 0.9% saline before euthanasia (CT), the anesthesia group that received intraperitoneal xylazine/ketamine before euthanasia (KX), and the sleep deprived animals (SD). Each dot plotted on the graph represents an individual rat. B The mean difference between the designated groups in corticosterone levels was plotted as a bootstrap sampling distribution and is depicted as a black dot. Vertical error bar represents 95CI. The unpaired mean difference between the CT and KX groups was 33.0 [95CI 29.2, 36.2] and between the CT and SD groups was 23.9 [95CI 20.7, 27.4]