Table 1. Schedule of the experimental protocol for selective breeding and behavioral testing.
Weaning | Procedures for selective breeding | Behavioral testing | |||||
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Age (weeks) | 3 | 4 | 5–7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16–24 |
Naive rats | TF, PPI | group housing (3–4 rats/cage) | TF, PPI | HB | Telemetry recordings | ||
New substrain | social isolation | social isolation + ketamine treatment (30 mg/kg/daily) | group housing |
Abbreviations: TF: tail-flick test, PPI: prepulse inhibition test, HB: hole-board test.