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. 2019 Dec 16;10:5721. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13703-3

Fig. 2. vSUB–VS pathway disconnection impairs spatial memory consolidation.

Fig. 2

a Immediate post-training functional disconnection between the vSUB and the VS with AP-5 (n = 10), impaired spatial memory consolidation compared to vehicle controls (n = 9) (two-way ANOVA of quadrant preference F3,51 = 15.824; p = 0.0001; treatment F1,17 = 0.270; p = 0.6100; quadrant × treatment F3,51 = 4.104; p = 0.0110). The insert shows first bearing of mice in the two groups (t17 = 3.450; p = 0.0031; unpaired t-test). Bottom panels: representative path from vehicle and AP-5 animals. b Unilateral post-training AP-5 (n = 10) administrations in the vSUB and in the ipsilateral VS did not impair mice ability to locate the platform compared to vehicle-injected mice (n = 11) (two-way ANOVA of quadrant preference F3,57 = 20.775, p = 0.0001; treatment F1,19 = 1.077, p = 0.3124; quadrant preference × treatment F3,57 = 0.499, p = 0.6846). The insert shows first bearing of mice in the two groups (t19 = 0.709; p = 0.4871; unpaired t-test). Bottom panels: representative path from vehicle and AP-5 animals. c Immediate post-training vSUB–VS functional disconnection (n = 9) impaired mice ability to discriminate spatial displacement 24 h after training, compared to vehicle-injected mice (n = 15) (vehicle: session × objects F1,8 = 5.34, p = 0.036; AP-5: session × objects F1,14 = 0.37; p = 0.55). Histograms represent mean ± SEM; *p < 0.05 displaced objects (DO) in S5 vs DO in S4 (within group, Fisher). d Post-training functional disconnection between vSUB and VS (n = 9) did not affect mice ability to locate the platform 24 h after training in the cMWM (vehicle n = 8) (two-way ANOVA of quadrant preference F3,45 = 14.814; p = 0.0001; treatment F1,15 = 1.134; p = 0.3037; quadrant preference × treatment F3,45 = 0.369; p = 0.7754). The insert shows first bearing of mice in the two groups (t15 = 0.299; p = 0.7692; unpaired t-test). Bottom panels: representative path from vehicle and AP-5 animals. Histograms represent mean ± SEM; *p < 0.05 target vs right, opposite, left (within group); #p < 0.05 target vs target (between groups, Tukey). MWM images modified from ref. 9; Image credit for brains schematics: Allen Institute.