behavior/neurological
• took longer time to find hidden platform during Morris water maze test collectively over the training period
• exhibited larger number of nose pokes into goal box before entering during Barnes maze test
• exhibited longer latency to enter goal box and longer total distance traveled during Barnes maze test
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• spent significantly less time in target quadrant during Morris water maze test
• spent lower percentage of time in target quadrant during Barnes maze test
• made smaller percentage of correct nose pokes into goal box during Barnes maze test
• exhibited larger distance to target during Barnes maze test
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• in open field test
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nervous system
• reduced GABAergic synapse density in hippocampus of adult mice as determined by immunofluorescence (CA1 and CA3 regions) and patch voltage-clamp experiments (CA1 pyramidal neurons)
• 26-40% reduced density of parvalbumin-positive terminals in CA1 and CA3 stratum pyramidale
• 25-56% reduced density of parvalbumin-positive neurons in hippocampal CA1, CA3, dentate gyrus, and
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