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. 2012 Mar 8;15(2):109–184. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2012.645142

TABLE 6A.

Motor activity in the RAT (oral corn oil)

Magnitude of Dose Tested, mg/kg-day
Author Test Age Exposure Age Testing Sample Size Per Dose Level (Yes/No litter is unit) Measure* 0.3 1 3 5 3, 6a 3,6,12a
Maurissen et al., 2000 Home Cage Activity (1 hour)Automated
Time of testing balanced across dose level and sex
GD6-PND10
Oral corn oil
PND 13 N = 20 litters; 1 pup/sex/litter
Yes, litter is unit, Litter was a factor in the statistical analysis
Total Activity 0b 0 (↓)c
Habituation 0 0 0
PND 17 Total Activity 0 0 (↑)
Habituation 0 0 0
PND 21 Total Activity 0 0 (↑)
Habituation 0 0 0
PND 60 Total Activity 0 0 (↑)
Habituation 0 0 0
Carr et al., 2001 Open Field (3 min for PND 10,12; 6 min for PND 14–20)
Video camera, measures from 2 technicians averaged for each rat; blind and semi-balanced
PND 1–21 (pups dosed every other day)
Oral corn oil
PND 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 2 males and 2 females per litter from 5 litters
Yes, litter is unit, Litter was a factor in the statistical analysis
Line crosses (front 2 paws) M0 F0 for each of 6 ages M0 F0 for each of 6 ages M0 F0 for each of 6 ages
PND 25 M0 F0 M↓ F↓ M↓ F↓
PND 30 M0 F0 M↓ F↓ M↓ F↓
a

Carr 2001 dosed animals with incrementally higher doses as animals got older

b

All entries without “M” and/or “F” indicates analyses is based on males and females combined.

c

() indicates changes reported by the authors were not statistically significant

*

If statistical analyses or measures were described in methods, then it was included and listed as “0” if not reported to be statistically significant