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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2008 Aug 26;43(12):1077–1085. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.08.045

Table 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients denoting association between CML immunostaining in different brain regions of old mice and measures of learning/memory

Brain Region
Learning/Memory CX CB MB BRS HP ST WhBr
Swim Maze
Total learning index (cm) −0.267 −0.177 0.059 0.093 0.123 −0.064 −0.069
Acquisition learning index (cm) −0.092 −0.121 −0.147 −0.026 0.206 0.060 −0.061
Reversal learning index (cm) −0.321 −0.163 0.207 0.159 0.014 −0.145 −0.052
Maximum spatial learning (cm) −0.220 0.094 −0.184 −0.233 0.411 −0.054 −0.251
Target Quadrant (% time spent) 0.167 −0.111 −0.227 0.391 −0.270 0.210 0.321
Annulus 40 (% time spent) −0.156 0.056 −0.268 0.152 −0.065 −0.063 0.015
Annulus 20 (% time spent) −0.053 −0.026 −0.402 0.070 −0.010 −0.103 0.009
Platform entries (counts) −0.176 0.070 −0.178 0.102 −0.077 −0.125 −0.025
Avoidance learning
Session 1 (number of trials) −0.077 0.053 −0.013 −0.033 0.120 0.259 −0.050
Session 2 (number of trials) 0.009 −0.130 0.303 0.246 −0.324 −0.341 0.154

Abbreviations: CX, cerebral cortex; CB, cerebellum; MB, midbrain; BRS, brainstem; HP, hippocampus; ST, striatum; WhBr, whole brain