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Table 1 Summary of the experimental procedure

From: Postnatal exposure to PCB 153 and PCB 180, but not to PCB 52, produces changes in activity level and stimulus control in outbred male Wistar Kyoto rats

Session number

Schedule

Notes

1

 

Habituation

2 - 3

FT 10 s

Magazine training

4 - 5

CRF

Flap training

6 - 7

 

Shaping of lever-pressing

8 - 121

VI 3 s

30 min session

13 - 19

VI 180 s

90 min session, 16 chambers

20 - 331

VI 180 s

45 min session, 8 chambers

  1. FT: fixed time schedule of reinforcement. CRF: continuous reinforcement schedule. VI: variable interval schedule of reinforcement.
  2. Note. - 1 Used in the analyses