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Table 2 Effect of sex and session on inactive lever presses

From: Shortening time for access to alcohol drives up front-loading behavior, bringing consumption in male rats to the level of females

Operant parameters

Inactive lever (presses/minute)

Mean (± SEM)

MM ANOVA: sex × session

 

Session

Males

Females

Effect

p-value

F

Df

30-min FR1 sessions

Early

0.1900 (0.04)

0.1442 (0.03)

Sex

0.9228

0.01

1, 14

Late

0.1450 (0.04)

0.1825 (0.03)

Session

0.9043

0.01

   

Sex × session

0.1483

2.34

30-min FR3 sessions

Early

0.0792 (0.03)

0.0842 (0.02)

Sex

0.2596

1.38

1, 14

Late

0.0825 (0.02)

0.1625 (0.04)

Session

0.0558

4.35

   

Sex × session

0.0761

3.67

15-min FR3 sessions

Early

0.1463 (0.07)

0.1218 (0.02)

Sex

0.6515

0.21

1, 14

Late

0.2199 (0.07)

0.1783 (0.02)

Session

0.0097#

8.96

   

Sex × session

0.6989

0.16

  1. MM-ANOVA  repeated measures analysis of variance
  2. #p < 0.05