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Tests/Sucrose preference test

Sucrose preference test

How 5 papers set up this test.

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Other settings the papers report (35)

This test has no fixed list of settings yet. These are the settings each paper reports, named as the paper names them.

PaperSetting and valuePaper’s words
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Access to water and sucrose, habituated

24-h

“habituated for 3 days with 24-h access to water and sucrose”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Access to water and sucrose, Preference testing

12 h

“Preference testing occurred for 4 days and the animals were given access to water and sucrose after the social defeat session for 12 h”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Acclimatized to, day 1

2 bottles

“the animal was acclimatized to 2 bottles on day 1”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Behavior tests occurred during

the beginning of their dark cycle

“Social defeats and behavior tests occurred during the beginning of their dark cycle”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Blinded

to group identification of animals or samples

“The investigators who performed the neurobehavioral tests, immunohistochemical or immunofluorescence quantifications, as well as biochemical assays remained blinded to group identification of animals or samples”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Bottles, day 1

sucrose-containing water (sweet water)

“2 bottles on day 1, each with sucrose-containing water (sweet water)”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Bottles

2

“Mice were provided 2 bottles daily”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Bottles were weighed

the following morning

“Bottles were weighed the following morning”
Li et al. 2023Mice

Deprivation of water and food

24 h

“After 24 h deprivation of water and food”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Food and water deprivation, day 3

22 h

“On day 3, following a period of food and water deprivation lasting for 22 h”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Fresh sucrose solution

1% (wt/vol)

“the other with 1% (wt/vol) fresh sucrose solution”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Habituated

3 days

“Animals were habituated for 3 days”
Li et al. 2023Mice

Habituated

3 days

“Mice were habituated to 1% sucrose water for 3 days prior to the test”
Liu et al. 2024Mice

Habituated with two bottles of water

the first 2 days

“For the first 2 days, animals were habituated with two bottles of water”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Had access to, day 2

sweet and standard water

“On day 2, the animal had access to sweet and standard water”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Neurobehavioral tasks

during the daytime

“animals in all groups were tested with a series of neurobehavioral tasks during the daytime”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Position

counterbalanced

“that was counterbalanced for position”
Liu et al. 2024Mice

Position of the two bottles switched

at 24 h

“with the position of the two bottles switched at 24 h”
Kuehner et al. 2023Mice

Preference testing

4 days

“Preference testing occurred for 4 days”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Provided with access to, day 3

sweet and standard water

“On day 3, following a period of food and water deprivation lasting for 22 h, the animal was once again provided with access to sweet and standard water”
Liu et al. 2024Mice

Singly housed

at least 2 days

“Mice were singly housed for at least 2 days before the tests.”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

Sucrose solution

1%

“water with a 1% sucrose solution”
Liu et al. 2024Mice

Sucrose solution (w:v)

2%

“one bottle of drinking water containing 2% sucrose solution (w:v)”
Li et al. 2023Mice

Sucrose water

1%

“mice were provided with 1% sucrose water and pure water”
Kodali et al. 2024Rats

Tested with a series of neurobehavioral tasks

Starting from the 11th week after VEH/CBD treatment

“Starting from the 11th week after VEH/CBD treatment, animals in all groups were tested with a series of neurobehavioral tasks”
Li et al. 2023Mice

Testing

24 h

“The consumption levels were measured after 24 h testing”
Liu et al. 2024Mice

The test period

3 h

“The test period lasted for 3 h”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

The test was completed

twice

“The test was completed twice, first as a pretest and second as the test”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

Water and water/sucrose was placed

7:00

“water and water/sucrose was placed at 7:00”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

Water was removed

midnight

“Water was removed at midnight”
Liu et al. 2024Mice

Water-deprived, On the night of day 2

16 h

“On the night of day 2, mice were water-deprived for 16 h and then the test was started on day 3.”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

Weighed

before administration

“water and water/sucrose solutions were weighed before administration, 1 h after placement (8:00), 3 h after placement (11:00), and 12 h after placement (19:00)”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

Weighed

1 h after placement (8:00)

“water and water/sucrose solutions were weighed before administration, 1 h after placement (8:00), 3 h after placement (11:00), and 12 h after placement (19:00)”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

Weighed

3 h after placement (11:00)

“water and water/sucrose solutions were weighed before administration, 1 h after placement (8:00), 3 h after placement (11:00), and 12 h after placement (19:00)”
Hersey et al. 2022Mice

Weighed

12 h after placement (19:00)

“water and water/sucrose solutions were weighed before administration, 1 h after placement (8:00), 3 h after placement (11:00), and 12 h after placement (19:00)”

Apparatus

What each paper names for this test. Vendors and models appear as the paper prints them.

PaperApparatusPaper’s words
Kodali et al. 2024

Bottles

“the animal was acclimatized to 2 bottles on day 1”
Kuehner et al. 2023

Bottles

“Mice were provided 2 bottles daily”
Hersey et al. 2022

Bottles

“mice were exposed to bottles with water and water with a 1% sucrose solution”

No apparatus named in Liu et al. 2024, Li et al. 2023.