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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Brain Res. 2011 Jun 1;224(1):112–120. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.05.028

Table 3.

Seasonal Differences in Reaching Performance in CRL rats

Training Onset
Fall Winter Spring Summer
Aug–Sept Jan March–April June
Batch(es) CRL1, 4 CRL2 CRL3, 5, 6 CRL7
% Success on Day 1 25.5±3.4 28.9±4.0 22.4±3.5 17.6±2.6
Learning Rate 0.35±0.05 0.49±0.08 0.39±0.07 0.32±0.04
% Hits/Trial 36.2±2.0 45.7±1.7* 44.1±1.6* 43.2±1.5*
Shipping Season Summer Fall Winter Spring
Temperature (C°)† 28.3–28.6 15.4 8.6–15.9 18.9

Data are M±SE.

*

P <0.05 significantly different from Fall batches (Aug–Sept)

†

Average monthly outdoor temperature in Austin, TX, USA, during shipping (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ewx/?n=ausclidata.htm, 2010)