Table 2: Latency exhibited by experimental rats during acquisition trials in Barnes maze.

Days of Acquisition Phase

 Group

(n = 4)

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Control

64.58 ± 27.843

23.25 ± 6.119*

(p = 0.0123)

14.42 ± 5.863*

(p = 0.0213)

CS 0.2

31.83 ± 12.153

(p = 0.0541)

20.83 ± 6.054

(p = 0.322)

20.25 ± 4.833

(p = 0.5328)

CS 1.0

69.92 ± 19.550

(p = 0.8173)

32.67 ± 8.743

(p = 0.4284)

16.42 ± 6.555

(p = 0.8246)

PS 0.2

26.08 ± 13.614#

(p = 0.0304)

12.83 ± 4.904

(p = 0.0117)

7.83 ± 3.905

(p = 0.4555)

PS 1.0

74.67 ± 21.557

(p = 0.606)

32.92 ± 5.154

(p = 0.2268)

21.08 ± 9.838

(p = 0.4927)

Data presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM). *p < 0.05 compared to performance of control rats on Day 1 of training; #p < 0.05 compared to Day 1 of control rats. Shown are the probability values in parentheses when compared to performance of control rats on that experimental day.