Table 1.
Timelines for the Experiments 1-3 (including 2A and 2B) with the days shown during which each procedure was conducted.
| Exp. | GDX | Handle | Habituate and shape |
Testosterone injections |
Acquisition* | Probe trials |
Reversal trials |
Blood draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-2 | 14-17 | 18-23 | 24-53 | 24-53 | NA | NA | 54 |
| 2A | 1-2 | 9-12 | NA | 13-19 | 13-18 | 19 | NA | 19 |
| 2B | 1-2 | 9-12 | NA | 13-27 | 20-25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| 3 | 1-2 | 9-12 | NA | 13-25 | 20-25 | NA | NA | 25 |
NA (not applicable) refers to procedures that were not used for a particular experiment. GDX (gonadectomy) refers to the days when castration surgeries were performed.
*
Acquisition refers to training days on the radial arm maze (Experiment 1) or acquisition trials in the water maze (Experiments 2 and 3).