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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011 Feb 24;215(3):493–504. doi: 10.1007/s00213-011-2216-5

Table 3.

Weights of rats at each stage of experiment

Adolescent Adult


Age (weeks) Weight (grams)
mean±SEM
% of published
standards for
this strain
Age (weeks) Weight (grams)
mean±SEM
% of published
standards for
this strain
Food training Approximately 5 153±4 122 Approximately 10 329±4 94
Acquisition of cocaine self-administration 6 186±4 106 11 331±5 86
Early self-administration 7 202±4 91 12 320±4 78
Late self-administration 10 251±6 72 15 315±4 68
Extinction and reinstatement 12 262±7 63 17 314±6 Standard n/a

Published standards obtained from Charles River Laboratories, http://www.criver.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/rm_rm_c_CD_IGS_rat_weight_chart.pdf