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Figure 13:Profile of ACTH and corticosterone (B) responses to stress (restraint). The ACTH is rapidly elevated within minutes of restraint, peaking between 5 and 20 minutes before being trimmed by the slower adrenocortical response that closely follows. Reprinted from ref. (86) , Copyright 2006, with permission from Elsevier.