behavior/neurological
• impaired contextual fear memory acquisition and retention judging from less time spent in freezing response during interval in unconditioned stimulus/conditioned stimulus (US/CS; foot shock/shock chamber) experiments
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• significantly less time spent in target quadrant during Morris water maze test
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cellular
• moderate but significant reduction of 5hmC (5-hydroxymethylcytosine) in the brain (from 0.386% in wild-type to 0.352%) and moderate reduction in cerebellum and cortex
• small but significant reduction of 5mC (5-methylcytosine) in cortex
• immunohistochemistry showed reduced level of 5hmC in hippocampus
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