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. 2019 Jun 10;9:166. doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0495-5

Fig. 3. Morris water maze performance in WT and Ts65Dn mice, Cohort 1.

Fig. 3

Ts65Dn displayed impaired spatial learning, which was improved by training with distributed trials spaced at 1 h intervals. a WT successfully achieved the acquisition criterion of 15 s or less to reach the hidden platform location. No significant difference was detected in the time course for acquisition by WT mice trained with massed versus spaced trials (Two-Way ANOVA F1,23 = 0.101, NS), indicating no faster learning in WT trained with spaced trials. A significant effect of training day was detected in WT (F9,207 = 18.97, p < 0.001), indicating learning across days as expected. No significant interaction between massed versus spaced x training day was detected in WT (F9,207 = 0.410, NS). b Ts65Dn trained with massed trials did not achieve the acquisition criterion of 15 s or less to reach the hidden platform location. A significant difference was detected in the time course for acquisition by Ts65Dn mice trained with massed versus spaced trials (F1,24 = 8.064, *p < 0.001), indicating faster learning with spaced training trials. A significant effect of training day was detected (F9,216 = 5.99, p < 0.001), indicating some learning across training days. No significant interaction between massed versus spaced x training day was detected in Ts65Dn (F9,216 = 1.02, NS). c-f Probe trial performance 24 h after the last training trial. c WT crossed the previously trained target platform location significantly more times than over the corresponding left, right, and opposite locations, in both the massed and spaced training conditions (massed: F3,44 = 19.52, *p < 0.001; Dunnett’s multiple comparisons adjusted p values: target vs. left p < 0.001, target vs. right p < 0.001, target vs. opposite p < 0.001; spaced: F3,44 = 41.33, *p < 0.001; target vs. left p < 0.001, target vs. right p < 0.0001, target vs. opposite p < 0.0001). d Ts65Dn did not cross the previously trained target platform location significantly more than the corresponding left, right, and opposite locations, in either the massed or spaced training conditions, although a trend was seen after spaced training (massed: F3,44 = 1.096, NS; spaced: F3,40 = 2.739, p = 0.06, NS). e WT spent more time in the previously trained target quadrant than in the left, right, and opposite quadrants, for both massed and spaced training groups (massed: F3,44 = 41.72, *p < 0.001; target vs. left p < 0.001, target vs. right p < 0.001, target vs. opposite p < 0.001; spaced: F3,44 = 104.6, *p < 0.001; target vs. left p < 0.001, target vs. right p < 0.001, target vs. opposite p < 0.001). f Ts65Dn spent significantly more time in the previously trained target quadrant than in the left, right, and opposite quadrants after spaced training but not in the massed training condition (massed: F3,44 = 1.597, NS; spaced: F3,40 = 4.289, *p < 0.01; target vs. left p < 0.01, target vs. right p < 0.05, target vs. opposite p < 0.05)