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

Fig. 4. Morris water maze performance in WT and Ts65Dn mice, Cohort 2 replication.

Fig. 4

As seen in Cohort 1, a second independent cohort of Ts65Dn similarly 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 significance was detected in the time course for acquisition by WT mice trained with massed versus spaced trials (F1,23 = 0.110, NS), indicating no faster learning in WT trained with spaced trials. A significant effect of training day was detected in WT (F9,207 = 19.0, 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 did not achieve the acquisition criteria 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 = 8.06, *p < 0.01), indicating faster learning with spaced training trials. A significant effect of training day was detected (F9,216 = 5.60, 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). Three-way ANOVA detected significance for latency (F1,9 = 23.1, p < 0.001), genotype (F1,1 = 35.8, p < 0.001), no significance for latency x treatment (F1,9 = 0.295, NS), or latency x genotype x treatment (F1,9 = 1.11, NS). c–f Probe trial performance 24 h after the last training trial. c WT crossed the previously trained target platform location significantly more than over the corresponding left, right, and opposite locations, in both the massed and spaced training conditions (massed: F3,48 = 6.85, *p < 0.001; Dunnett’s multiple comparisons adjusted p values: target vs. left p < 0.001, target vs. right p < 0.05, target vs. opposite p < 0.01; spaced: F3,44 = 4.681, *p < 0.01; target vs. left p < 0.05, target vs. opposite p < 0.01. d Ts65Dn crossed the previously trained target platform location significantly more than the corresponding left, right, and opposite locations, after spaced training but not after massed training trials (massed: F3,48 = 0.129, NS, spaced: F3,48 = 4.64, *p < 0.01; target vs. left p < 0.05, target vs. right p < 0.05, target vs. opposite p < 0.01). e WT spent more time in the previously trained target quadrant than in the left, right, and opposite quadrants, for both massed versus spaced training groups (massed: F3,48 = 12.5, *p < 0.001; target vs. left p < 0.001, target vs. right p < 0.001, target vs. opposite p < 0.001; spaced: F3,44 = 6.45, *p < 0.001; target vs. left p < 0.001, target vs. right p < 0.05, target vs. opposite p < 0.01). f Ts65Dn spent more time in the previously trained target quadrant than in the left, right, and opposite quadrants, after spaced training but not after massed training trials (massed: F3,48 = 2.32, NS; spaced: F3,48 = 3.39, *p < 0.05; target vs. left p < 0.05, target vs. right p < 0.05)