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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Front Neuroendocrinol. 2015 Jul 13;40:24–41. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2015.07.001

Table 1.

Animal studies for sex differences in effects of exercise on drug addiction (single-sex)

Prevention effect
Exercise schedule
Citation Subjects Sex Age /Weight Drug Model Type Duration Frequency Intensity Outcome of exercise
Lett et al. (2002) Rats M 184g Morphine CPP VR 8 days 2-h/day, 1times/day --- Advantage
Eisenstein et al. (2007) Rats M 250-275g Morphine CPP VR 3 weeks 24-h/day --- Disadvantage
Xu et al. (2007) Mice M 3 weeks Morphine CPP VR 2 months 24-h/day --- Advantage
Chen et al. (2008) Mice M 8 weeks MDMA CPP FR 4/8/12weeks 1-h/day,5days/wk 10~12m/min Advantage
Hosseini et al. (2009) Rats M 250-300g Morphine SA FR 11 or 30 days 90 min/day, 1times/day 15m/min Advantage
EI Rawas et al. (2009) Mice M 3 weeks Heroin CPP VR 2 months 24-h/day, 1times/day --- Advantage
Solinas et al. (2009) Mice M 3 weeks Cocaine CPP VR 2~3 months 24-h/day --- Advantage
Fontes-Ribeiro et al. (2011) Rats M 8 weeks Amphetamine CPP FR 8 weeks 50min/day,5days/wk 7~32 m/min Advantage
Miladi-Gorji et al. (2011) Rats M Adult Morphine * VR 10 days 24-h/day --- Advantage
Smith and Pitts (2011) Rats M 3 weeks Cocaine SA VR 6 weeks 24-h/day 4500m/day Advantage
Mustroph et al. (2011) Mice M 5 weeks Cocaine CPP VR 30 days 24-h/day 8300m/day Advantage or Disadvantage
O'Dell et al. (2012) Rats M Adult METH ** VR 6 weeks 24-h/day 8000m/day Advantage
Smith and Pitts (2012) Rats M 3 weeks Heroin SA VR 6 weeks 24-h/day 4500m/day Advantage
McCulley et al. (2012) Rats M 6 weeks Alcohol # VR 10 days 24-h/day --- Advantage
Miller et al. (2012) Rats M 200-250g METH SA VR 7~14days 1-h/day, 1times/day --- Advantage or no effect
Hashemi et al. (2013) Rats M 220-250g Alcohol &&& FR 2~8 weeks 1-h/day,5days/wk 17 m/min Advantage
Renteria et al. (2013) Rats M 200-250g Cocaine * VR 5~10 weeks 24-h/day --- Advantage
Engelmann et al. (2014) Rats M 200-250g METH SA VR 6 weeks 24-h/day --- Advantage or Disadvantage
Geuzaine et al. (2014) Mice M 4 weeks Cocaine CPP VR 10 weeks 24-h/day --- Advantage
Smith et al. (2008) Rats F 3 weeks Cocaine SA VR 6 weeks 24-h/day 10120 m/day Advantage
Smith et al. (2008) Rats F 3 weeks Cocaine CPP VR 6 weeks 24-h/day 9418 m/day Disadvantage
Leasure et al. (2010) Rats F 190-220g Alcohol & VR 14 days 12-h/day, 1times/day --- Advantage
Smith and Witte (2012) Rats F 3 weeks Cocaine SA VR 6 weeks 24-h/day 7700 m/day Advantage or no effect
Zlebnik et al. (2014) Rats F 90 days Cocaine * VR 21 days 24-h/day --- Advantage