Number of errors committed by experimental rats during acquisition trials in Barnes maze.

Table 3: Number of errors committed by experimental rats during acquisition trials in Barnes maze.

Days of Acquisition Phase

Group

(n = 4)

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Control

3.67 ± 0.624

2.42 ± 0.285

(p = 0.1181)

1.33 ± 0.667^*

(p = 0.0431)

CS 0.2

2.17 ± 0.616

(p = 0.1379)

1.92 ± 0.417

(p = 0.36)

2.17 ± 0.441

(p = 0.3374)

CS 1.0

2.83 ± 0.289

(p = 0.2707)

2.83 ± 0.727

(p = 0.6127)

2.08 ± 0.459

(p = 0.3898)

PS 0.2

1.83 ± 0.215^#

(p = 0.032)

1.17 ± 0.167

(p = 0.091)

0.67 ± 0.561

(p = 0.1029)

PS 1.0

3.08 ± 0.644

(p = 0.5393)

1.92 ± 0.159

(p = 0.1762)

1.5 ± 0.397

(p = 0.1372)

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.