Table 1.
Animals used in each experiment
| Young |
Average age | Aged |
Average age | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT | TREM2 | WT | TREM2 | |||
| Behavioral assessment | 8 (4 M, 4 F) | 6 (2 M, 4 F) | 6 mo | 11 (5 M, 6 F) | 10 (5 M, 5 F) | 18 mo |
| Electrophysiology | 7 (4 M, 3 F) | 6 (2 M, 4 F) | 8 mo | 6 (2 M, 4 F) | 7 (2 M, 5 F) | 19 mo |
| Golgi staining and synaptosome isolation | 6 (3 M, 3 F) | 6 (3 M, 3 F) | 8 mo | 7 (3 M, 4 F) | 6 (3 M, 3 F) | 19 mo |
Same cohorts of mice were used in behavioral and electrophysiological experiments. Separate cohorts of mice were used in Golgi staining and synaptosome isolation. M, male; F, female; mo, months.