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. 2023 May 13;14(5):325. doi: 10.1038/s41419-023-05846-5

Fig. 1. APP and SNCA deficiency lead to spatial memory impairment in young rats.

Fig. 1

A The protein levels of APP and SNCA in cortical lysates from WT, APP KO (APP-deficient), SNCA KO (SNCA-deficient) and DKO (APP- and SNCA-deficient) rats were measured by western blotting. The molecular weight of each protein is provided on the right. FL-APP was completely absent in the APP KO rat cortex, and α-synuclein was completely absent in the SNCA KO rat cortex. DKO rats lacked both APP and SNCA proteins. B–E MWM test with 3-month-old male rats. Three independent experiments including at least 5 rats per genotype were performed. The escape latency curve during the 5-day training period is shown in (B). Data from each day compared to WT rats were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 indicate significant differences, and n.s. indicates no significance. Representative tracks of individual rats in the probe trails are shown in (C). The percentage of the time spent in the target quadrant in the probe trial is shown in (D). The number of platform crossings in the probe trial is shown in (E). The data of individual rats are indicated by dots, and the mean ± SEM for each genotype is presented in (D) and (E). One-way ANOVA was used. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001 indicate significant differences, and n.s. indicates no significance.