Table 1.
Pearson correlations (r) between locomotion during inescapable novelty or following the first drug injection and measures of locomotion after injection (saline or drug).
0.5 mg/kg AMPH | 1.0 mg/kg AMPH | 0.5 mg/kg METH | 1.0 mg/kg METH | |||||
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S− | S+ | S− | S+ | S− | S+ | S− | S+ | |
Novelty | ||||||||
Conditioning | −0.275 | −0.928** | 0.363 | 0.323 | 0.192 | −0.141 | −0.112 | 0.026 |
Acute drug | 0.542 | −0.316 | 0.677 | 0.766* | −0.492 | −0.077 | −0.372 | 0.641 |
Drug challenge | −0.024 | −0.489 | 0.717* | 0.805* | −0.282 | −0.339 | 0.415 | 0.551 |
Sensitization (diff.) | −0.613 | −0.268 | −0.052 | 0.016 | 0.371 | −0.232 | 0.576 | 0.144 |
Sensitization (norm.) | −0.735* | −0.216 | −0.319 | −0.434 | 0.269 | −0.227 | 0.276 | 0.003 |
Acute Drug | ||||||||
Conditioning | 0.496 | 0.447 | −0.047 | 0.293 | 0.281 | 0.481 | 0.227 | −0.095 |
Drug challenge | 0.447 | 0.125 | 0.683 | 0.823* | 0.730* | −0.421 | 0.071 | 0.554 |
Sensitization (diff.) | −0.804* | −0.438 | −0.518 | −0.354 | −0.564 | −0.714* | −0.704* | −0.139 |
Sensitization (norm.) | −0.918* | −0.589 | −0.753* | −0.831* | −0.774* | −0.778* | −0.919* | −0.405 |
Cumulative locomotion during the 30 min following the first exposure to the open-field arena (Day 1 of testing) was used to define each rat’s novelty response. Conditioning was defined as the difference between locomotion during the 30-min period after saline injections on the acute and challenge days (Days 1 and 10, respectively). Cumulative locomotion during the 60-min period after AMPH or METH injection was used for measures of drug-induced behavior (acute and drug challenge). For sensitization, two measures were used: the difference (diff.) in locomotion for the 60-min period after injection on challenge and acute treatment days, and a normalized (norm.) measure that controlled for individual differences in the acute response to AMPH or METH by dividing the difference score by the post-injection activity measured after the first injection.