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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011 Jan 4;215(1):165–175. doi: 10.1007/s00213-010-2139-6

Table 2.

Data summary for the cross-sensitization challenge, acquisition of self-administration, FR response rate, responding on the non-reinforced lever and PR break points for each separate experiment.

Experiment 1: Heroin Self-Administration
Walking after
heroin challenge
(frequency, 5–10
min post-inj.)
Time to acquire
FR1(hours)
FR3 Rate during
maintenance
(resp/min)
Responding on
non-reinforced
lever during FR3
(resp/min)
PR break point
(infusions obtained)
Controls (n=10) 18.3±3.7 11.0±3.8 0.33±0.07 0.08±0.03 12.9±1.4
Social Defeat (14) 37.4±6.9** 11.1±2.1 0.39±0.10 0.02±0.01 9.9±1.3
Experiment 2: Heroin+Cocaine Self-Administration
Walking after
cocaine challenge
(frequency, 5–10
min post-inj.)
Time to
acquire
FR1(hours)
FR5 Rate
during
maintenance
(resp/min)
Responding on
non-reinforced
lever during
FR5 (resp/min)
PR break point (infusions obtained)
0.025 mg/kg/inf
Heroin + 0.25
Cocaine
0.013 mg/kg/inf
Heroin + 0.25
Cocaine
Controls (11) 40.7±6.2 10.9±1.5 0.69±0.08 0.11±0.05 14.4±1.2 14.2±0.9
Social Defeat (13) 64.1±7.1* 9.6±1.3 0.70±0.09 0.06±0.02 14.1±0.9 14.0±0.9
Experiment 3: Cocaine Self-Administration
Walking after
cocaine challenge
(frequency, 5–10
min post-inj.)
Time to acquire
FR1(hours)
FR5 Rate during
maintenance
(resp/min)
Responding on
non-reinforced
lever during FR5
(resp/min)
PR break point
(infusions obtained)
Controls (11) 37.3±6.3 19.1±4.4 1.62±0.75 0.04±0.02 10.8±0.6
Social Defeat (12) 68.9±4.6** 17.9±2.5 1.03±0.09 0.02±0.01 11.0±0.5

Asterisks and bold type indicate significant group differences (*p<0.05, **p<0.01).