Figure 3.
Effect of treatment with QT alone or in conjugated with SPION (7 days) on the performance of spatial memory acquisition phase in Morris water maze. Mean escape latency (A,B) and path length (C,D) across all training days. As shown the mean latency to find the platform declined progressively in all animals. Data expressed as mean ± S.E.M. of 6 animals per group. Sham, Vehicle of QT; QT; SPIONs, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle; QT-SPIONs; QT conjugated with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle; 50, 50 mg/kg; 100, 100 mg/kg. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 and ****P < 0.0001 versus control and sham groups. ##P < 0.01 versus other groups.