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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 May 5;103(1-2):74–83. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.03.016

Table 1.

Sequence of behavioral testing. Listed are the experiments that were performed. Separate mice were used for each row. Details of the experiments, groups, measurements, and conditioning contexts are described in Section 2

Experiments Groups and N Measurement Conditioning context Figure
Fentanyl-induced and conditional
 locomotion
Control: N = 9
Conditioned: N = 10
Unconditioned: N = 10
Distance (cm)
Percent distance in outer zone
Open field 1a, 2a and b and 3
Cocaine-induced and conditional
 locomotion
Control: N = 10
Conditioned: N = 11
Unconditioned: N = 10
Distance (cm)
Percent distance in outer zone
Open field 1a and 2c and d
Acute and conditional Straub tail to fentanyl Control: N = 8
Conditioned: N = 8
Unconditioned: N = 8
Percent time that the tape is
above the line
Unheated hot plate 1b and 4a and b
No acute or conditional Straub tail to
 cocaine
Control: N = 4
Conditioned: N = 4
Unconditioned: N = 3
Percent time that the tape is
above the line
Unheated hot plate 1b and 4c and d
Acute fentanyl analgesia Vehicle: N = 11
Fentanyl: N = 9
Hot plate latency (s) 52.5 °C hot plate 5a
Conditional analgesia Control: N = 10
Conditioned: N = 19
Unconditioned: N = 14
Hot plate latency (s) Train: unheated hot plate
Test: 52.5 °C hot plate
1b and 5b
Effect of drug expectation on conditional
 place preference and locomotion
Daily: N = 21
Drug: N = 19
No drug: N = 21
Time on fentanyl side (s);
distance (cm)
Train: drug- and vehicle-paired
chambers
Test: access to all 3 chambers
1c and 6a and b
Effect of vehicle injections on change in
 preference and locomotor activity
N = 15 Time spent on all three sides
(s); distance (cm)
Train: vehicle in both chambers.
Test: access to all 3 chambers
6c and d