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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2007 Sep 26;93(1-2):337–350. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.09.013

Table 2.

Period length of activity cycle (tau value) for measured activities during study phases. Standard deviations are indicated in parentheses.

Unpaired Group Paired Group

Study Phase Wheel Water Food Wheel Water Food
Acclimation 27.08 (2.71) 24.42 (1.03) 26.83 (2.76) 24.75 (0.69) 24.08 (1.39) 24.08 (2.57)
Acclimation Injections 24.08 (3.04) 26.83 (1.38) 26.33 (1.35) 24.50 (3.39) 25.33 (2.51) 26.08 (3.13)

Nicotine Phase1 24.00 (2.85) 24.00 (2.63) 24.00 (3.28) 24.00 (2.77) 24.00 (3.64) 24.00 (3.09)
Test 1: Circadian Effects 24.92 (2.07) 24.25 (1.42) 24.00 (3.03) 24.33 (1.01) 24.58 (1.55) 24.67 (2.30)

Nicotine Phase 2 24.00 (0.38) 24.00 (2.62) 24.00 (3.37) 24.00 (0.05) 24.00 (1.78) 24.00 (3.13)
Test 2: Stimulus Effects 24.17 (3.85) 27.25 (1.41) 24.00 (3.85) 24.50 (3.19) 24.75 (0.04) 24.75 (2.40)

Nicotine Phase 3 24.00 (0.18) 24.00 (1.90) 23.92 (1.59) 24.00 (1.62) 24.00 (1.41) 24.00 (2.21)
Test 3: Probe Test 24.17 (3.57) 24.08 (2.83) 24.42 (4.16) 24.08 (3.26) 25.42 (0.95) 24.33 (3.70)

Final Baseline 24.00 (1.39) 28.92 (2.29) 25.00 (1.96) 27.17 (2.41) 26.83 (1.54) 24.08 (1.31)