Figure 1.
Experimental timeline and schematic overview of distress tolerance task. A) Experimental timeline. TR = Initial Training; TT = Titration Task, DT = Distress Tolerance Task, SA = Cocaine Self-Administration, EX = Cocaine Extinction. See main text for details of task design. B) Schematic of a single distress tolerance trial. Responses during the cue period (Cue ON) were rewarded with a single sucrose pellet. Responses during the Precue or Postcue periods were considered ‘errors’ and were signaled by a noise and a 5 s timeout. The duration of the cue ON period titrated according to task performance in the Titration task, and progressively decreased in the Distress Tolerance task.