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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011 May 3;217(4):559–571. doi: 10.1007/s00213-011-2316-2

Table 4.

Mean distance traveled scores of rats given a challenge injection of 2.5, 5, or 7.5 mg/kg methylphenidate (MPH) before the 180-min testing session on PD 21

Treatment condition
Distance traveled (cm)
Pretreatment day (PD 19) Test Day (PD 21) Mean SEM
Saline only (acute controls) 2.5 mg/kg MPH 31,639 3,608
10 mg/kg MPH-Home Cage 2.5 mg/kg MPH 25,637 3,520
10 mg/kg MPH-Activity Chamber 2.5 mg/kg MPH 31,654 2,833
Saline only (acute controls) 5 mg/kg MPH 46,636 5,034
10 mg/kg MPH-Home Cage 5 mg/kg MPH 43,801 2,431
10 mg/kg MPH-Activity Chamber 5 mg/kg MPH 42,965 4,471
Saline only (acute controls) 7.5 mg/kg MPH 60,010 5,576
10 mg/kg MPH-Home Cage 7.5 mg/kg MPH 59,987 6,803
10 mg/kg MPH-Activity Chamber 7.5 mg/kg MPH 50,184 4,859

Rats had been pretreated with saline or 10 mg/kg methylphenidate in either the home cage or activity chamber on PD 19