Table 2 Individual variability in behavior by sex and drug exposure (SAL = saline, NIC = nicotine) across the last 10 days of training. The coefficient of variation (see text) was calculated for each animal and averaged across groups for each sign-or goal-tracking behavior (presented as mean ± SEM)
From: Sex differences in nicotine-enhanced Pavlovian conditioned approach in rats
| Â | Lever latencya | Lever press | Lever probability | Receptacle latency | Receptacle entries | Receptacle probabilityb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAL Female | 26.6 ± 2.9 | 40.1 ± 10.3 | 20.0 ± 5.8 | 34.6 ± 4.7 | 27.8 ± 3.4 | 10.3 ± 3.3 |
NIC Female | 28.1 ± 2.2 | 21.7 ± 2.1 | 4.6 ± 0.9 | 30.4 ± 2.2 | 22.4 ± 2.4 | 2.4 ± 0.9 |
SAL Male | 17.6 ± 2.2 | 44.8 ± 8.4 | 30.2 ± 7.9 | 29.4 ± 2.9 | 29.4 ± 2.9 | 11.1 ± 3.4 |
NIC Male | 26.1 ± 3.6 | 45.6 ± 15.1 | 25.7 ± 14.7 | 29.9 ± 2.6 | 24.0 ± 4.5 | 5.0 ± 2.7 |