Fig. 5.
Performance in novel object recognition reliably separates young rats into inferior and superior learners and correlates with the results from the Morris water maze paradigm. (A) Animals can be classified into inferior and superior learners based upon their scores in NOR1. (B) Performance is consistent from 3–12 months of age. (C) Performance in NOR correlates strongly with performance in MWM at 3 months (R2 = 0.61, p < 0.001) and (D) 12 months (R2 = 0.85, p = 0.001) of age. (E) Individual performance in MWM1 is highly correlated to MWM5 (R2 = 0.414, p = 0.005).