Overview of Experiments

CHAPTER 1 -  SPATIAL TASKS AND MAZES
1. Watermaze (FB1) - problem with floating

2. T-maze (FB1) - no group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 blocks of 4 trials: 80% vs. 82%
b. T-test: p>0.5

3. Visual Discrimination in the T-Maze (FB1) - no group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 blocks of 4 trials: 87% vs. 90%
b. T-test: p>0.5

4. Visual Discrimination in the T-Maze (FB1) - no group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 blocks of 4 trials: 87% vs. 90%
b. T-test: p>0.5

5. Y-Maze (FB1) - no group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 blocks of 4 trials: 87% vs. 90%
b. T-test: p>0.5

6. Paddling Pool (FB1) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 7 blocks of 5 trials (errors): 2/12 vs. 3/12
b. T-test: p>0.5

7. Watermaze II (FB1) - no group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 blocks of 4 trials: 46% vs. 48%,
b. T-test: p>0.2

8. Watermaze II (MB2) - no group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 blocks of 4 trials: 45% vs. 47%,
b. T-test: p>0.2

9. Post-Watermaze T-maze (FB1)- significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: 53% vs. 79%
b. T-test: p<0.01

10. Post-Watermaze T-maze (MB1) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: 52% vs. 71%
b. T-test: p<0.01

CHAPTER 2 -  HIPPOCAMPAL LESION COMPARISONS
1. Watermaze III (hippocampal FB1) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

2. Watermaze III (hippocampal MB2) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

3. Y-Maze (hippocampal FB1) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

4. Y-Maze (hippocampal MB2) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

CHAPTER 3 -  NON-SPATIAL DRL OPERANT TASKS
1. DRL (hippocampal male C57s) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 16 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

2. DRL-10 (transgenics I) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 21 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

3. DRL-15 (transgenics I) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 6 months: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

4. DRL-15 (transgenics II) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 21 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

5. DRL-10 (transgenics II) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 6 months: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

6. DRL (strains) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 6 months: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

CHAPTER 4 -  ANXIETY, FEAR CONDITIONING AND POTENTIATION

1. Neophagia (hippocampal C57s) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

2. Neophagia (transgenics) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 10 trials: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

3. Recordnings of amygdalar LTP (field potentials)
a. Blocked by CNQX
b. T-test: p<0.00x

4. Fear Conditioning and Startle (pilots) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 6 months: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

5. Startle (lesions) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 6 months: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x

6. Startle (transgenics) - significant group difference
a. Acquisition after 6 months: xx% vs. xx%
b. T-test: p<0.00x