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. 2011 Nov 21;6(11):e28168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028168

Figure 4. Knockout mice fail to learn a simple (FR1) operant task.

Figure 4

(A) Lever presses during operant conditioning sessions by control (n = 10) and knockout (n = 5) animals across days; two-way, repeated-measures ANOVA: genotype effect F(1, 13) = 15.72, P = 0.002; day effect F(6, 78) = 10.90, P<0.001; genotype x day effect F(6,78) = 12.96, P<0.001 (###P<0.001); **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 compared to session 1 within genotype. (B) Latency to first lever press during operant conditioning sessions by control (n = 10) and knockout (n = 5) animals across days; two-way repeated measures ANOVA: genotype effect F(1, 13) = 38.75, P<0.001; day effect F(6, 78) = 2.26, P = 0.04; genotype x day effect F(6,78) = 8.04, P<0.001 (###P<0.001); **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 compared to session 1 within genotype. (C) Total number of head entries during operant conditioning sessions by control (n = 10) and knockout (n = 5) animals across days; two-way repeated measures ANOVA: genotype effect F(1, 13) = 10.14, P = 0.007; day effect F(6, 78) = 1.93, P = 0.08; genotype x day effect F(6,78) = 2.25, P = 0.04 (#P<0.05); *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 compared to session 1 within genotype.