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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Brain Res. 2018 Apr 25;349:158–162. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.04.035

Table 1.

Summary of studies assessing locomotor sensitization to repeated cocaine administration in adolescent and adult female rats.

Age on First Day of Treatment Paradigm Strain Dose Treatment Paradigm Reference Result
Adult ~PND 71 Wistar 15 mg/kg 8 days cocaine, day 19 challenge [15] Sensitization
Adult 175-200g Wistar 20, 40 mg/kg 5 days cocaine [16] Sensitization
Adult ~PND 111 Wistar 10 mg/kg 10 days cocaine [17] Sensitization
PND 41 Sprague Dawley 3, 7.5, 15 mg/kg 1 day saline, 6 days cocaine, day 11 challenge [7] Sensitization on day 7 (7.5mg/kg), day 11 (7.5, 15 mg/kg)
PND 33 Sprague Dawley 10, 20 mg/kg 4 days cocaine, day 6 challenge with 10 mg/kg cocaine [8] Sensitization on day 6
PND 20 Sprague Dawley 30 mg/kg day 1, 20 mg/kg day 2 2 days cocaine [12] Sensitization on day 2 compared to 20 mg/kg first cocaine exposure group
PND 25 Sprague Dawley 1-17.8 mg/kg 4 cocaine doses every 15 min on 6 test days once weekly [9] Sensitization trend; stats not available
70-80g (~PND25- 27) Sprague Dawley 1-17.8 mg/kg 4 cocaine doses every 15 min on 6 test days once weekly [13] Sensitization
PND 34 Sprague Dawley 30 mg/kg day 1, 20 mg/kg day 2 2 days cocaine [11] No sensitization; Significant in first 10-min bin
PND 32 Sprague Dawley 5 and 15 mg/kg 5 days cocaine, day 20 challenge [10] Sensitization trend, no significance on day 20
PND 27 Long Evans 7 and 15 mg/kg two rounds of 5 days cocaine separated by 2 days [14] Sensitization on day 4, 5, and 9 to 15 mg/kg