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The impact of long-term social housing on biconditional association task performance and neuron ensembles in the anterior cingulate cortex and the hippocampal CA3 region of aged rats

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Figure 5. Percentage of neurons active during ALT and BAT in the ACC and CA3. All data are normalized to baseline. (A) Percent of neurons active in the superficial ACC during ALT. (B) Percent of neurons active in the deep ACC during ALT. (C) Percent of neurons active in the proximal CA3 during ALT. (D) Percent of neurons active in the distal CA3 during ALT. (E) Percent of neurons active in the superficial ACC during BAT. (F) Percent of neurons active in the deep ACC during BAT. (G) Percent of neurons active in the proximal CA3 during BAT. (H) Percent of neurons active in the distal CA3 during BAT. Abbreviations: ALT: alternation task; BAT: biconditional association task; SH: socially housed; NSH: non-socially housed; ACC: anterior cingulate cortex. Error bars represent standard error of the mean. Dashed lines represent population (test-values) averages obtained from the young cohort and #signifies p < 0.05 for these one sample t-tests. *signifies p < 0.05 for two sample t-tests.