Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychopharmacology. 2007 Nov 28;33(9):2139–2147. doi: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301623

Table 3.

F-Values and Degrees of Freedom for Analyses of Responses During Antagonist Tests

Experiment Nicotine-seekinga VS-seekingb


df F df F
MPEP dose
Group 1, 15 11.67** 2, 24 7.15**
1 Dose 3, 45 15.77** 3, 72 17.18**
Group × dose 3, 45 0.77 6, 72 3.09**
MPEP+NIC
Group 2, 27 18.03** 2, 23 7.65**
2 Test 2, 54 48.57** 2, 46 9.53**
Group × test 4, 54 4.21** 4, 46 8.15**
MTEP dose
Group 2, 19 4.78* 2, 19 6.00**
3 Dose 3, 57 25.23** 3,57 41.30**
Group × dose 6, 57 0.34 6, 57 5.34**
MTEP+NIC
Group 2, 25 17.22** 2, 25 6.95**
4 Test 2, 50 16.86** 2, 50 5.48**
Group × test 4, 50 0.67 4, 50 3.73**
**

p ≤ 0.01,

*

p ≤ 0.05.

a

Includes responses on the lever associated with nicotine infusion, 2-lever and NIC+VS groups for Experiment 1 (MPEP dose) and 2-lever, NIC+VS, and NIC-only groups in Experiment 3 (MTEP Dose).

b

Includes responses that result in VS presentation (2-lever, NIC+VS, and VS-only groups). SAL-only group was not included in this phase of Experiment 2.