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. 2012 Aug 17;7(8):e43536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043536

Table 1. Scheme for testing locomotor responses to cocaine.

Acclimation Training No Drug Challenge
Day 1–3 4–12 13–28 29–30
Treatment N/A S C C C C C C C C N/A S C
Duration 3 days 9 days 15 days 2 days
Locomotor Yes Yes No Yes
Session Length (min) 45 90 N/A 90

Rat locomotor experiments were carried out in four distinct phases. Phase 1, “Acclimation", consisted of 3 consecutive days of 45-min in the test chamber with no interventions. Phase 2, “Training", involved 9 days of 90 min in the chamber with an i.p. injection of saline (S) or cocaine, 10 mg/kg C) at the 45-min time point. Phase 3, “No Drug", involved 15 “rest days" in the home cage with no interventions. Phase 4, “Challenge", was 2 days in the chamber with i.p. saline or cocaine at the respective 45-min time points.