Table 2 Effect of D1R agonist (SKF-82958) infusion into the right medial shell on the microstructure of consummatory behavior

From: Reward-representing D1-type neurons in the medial shell of the accumbens nucleus regulate palatable food intake

 

Meal duration (s)

Initial licking rate (1/s)

Mean licking rate (1/s)

Mean cluster size (licks)

Mean cluster duration (s)

Saline

402 ± 29

6.6 ± 0.1

6.5 ± 0.1

68.3 ± 5.9

10.5 ± 0.8

0.5 µg SKF-82958

232* ± 42

7.0 ± 0.3

6.6 ± 0.2

59.9 ± 9.5

9.2 ± 1.4

3 µg SKF-82958

181* ± 50

7.3 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.1

52.4 ± 7.9

7.5 ± 1.0

  1. Data are presented as means  ±  SEM, n =  6, *p  <  0.05 vs. saline
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