Table 3.

Latencies to find the platform in different groups (mean ± SD, n=10)

Groups	Latency (s)
	Before treatment	Posttreatment
Control	45.44±2.45	47.21±2.33
DM	83.11±5.13*	86.35±4.77*,□
Piracetam	74.32±4.34*	44.23±4.54*,□
Low dose of APS	71.11±2.37*	43.66±4.55*,□
Medium dose of APS	73.67±4.24*	42.45±4.23*,□
High dose of APS	70.56±3.33*	40.34±3.21*,□

Notes:

^*P=0.0014<0.05 compared with the control;

^□P=0.0000<0.05 compared with the model group.

Abbreviations: APS, Astragalus polysaccharides; DM, diabetes mellitus; SD, standard deviation.