Fig. 2

Male rats were obtained from the commercial vendor Charles River. Group 1: Surgical with CA in 10% ethanol (EtOH). Group 2: Surgical without CA in 10% EtOH. Group 3: Non-surgical controls. Group 2 received 10% EtOH on their food. Animals were assigned to groups based on weight. Average weight across all three groups was 488.53 g. Of the 32 animals, seven were eliminated for the above reasons