Table 4.

Exploration values in the sample and test phases for the novel object preference task

Lesion	Novel object preference
	5 min delay		3 h delay		24 h delay
	Exploration in sample phase (s)	Exploration in test phase (s)	Exploration in sample phase (s)	Exploration in test phase (s)	Exploration in sample phase (s)	Exploration in test phase (s)
Sham	29.2 ± 2.51	27.1 ± 2.55	27.2 ± 2.10	17.3 ± 2.41	29.8 ± 1.86	20.3 ± 2.23
HPC	36.5 ± 1.97	26.5 ± 3.70	33.8 ± 2.11	20.6 ± 1.49	36.6 ± 2.17	22.8 ± 1.58
mPFC	34.8 ± 2.93	24.0 ± 2.88	31.9 ± 2.95	20.3 ± 2.57	33.2 ± 1.50	17.4 ± 2.00
PRH	35.0 ± 1.40	24.9 ± 2.97	26.9 ± 1.79	19.5 ± 2.24	36.3 ± 3.09	23.1 ± 3.08
mPFC + HPC Contra	37.6 ± 1.17	35.5 ± 5.00	39.6 ± 0.38	26.7 ± 1.92	37.9 ± 1.79	36.8 ± 3.37
mPFC + HPC Ipsi	35.5 ± 2.22	36.9 ± 4.42	35.4 ± 1.81	21.5 ± 2.21	34.9 ± 1.76	26.3 ± 2.16
PRH + HPC Contra	37.2 ± 1.80	35.2 ± 4.14	33.0 ± 1.96	22.3 ± 1.59	37.4 ± 0.74	19.9 ± 1.75
PRH + HPC Ipsi	38.3 ± 3.78	37.2 ± 5.41	33.8 ± 3.57	25.9 ± 3.12	34.9 ± 4.00	24.5 ± 4.24