Conditioned Place Preference Alexander 1994

References

Testosterone Has Rewarding Affective Properties in Male Rats: Implications for the Biological Basis of Sexual Motivation (Alexander 1994)

• The apparatus is made of colored Plexiglas, with a clear Plexiglas front wall.
• It consisted of two conditioning compartments of identical size (41.5 cm x 41.5 cm x 38 cm) and a smaller, central connecting compartment (8 cm x 41.5 cm x 38 cm).
• One conditioning compartment was white and had wood chips scattered on the floor.
• The second conditioning compartment is black.
• The central, connecting compartment is gray.
• Central walls separating the connecting compartment from each conditioning compartment could be removed to create one large test chamber (91 cm x 41.5cm x 38cm).