Research Article

The Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Cognitive Function and Protein Expression of Aβ, p-Tau, and PSD95 after Extracorporeal Circulation Operation in Aged Rats

Table 1

The comparison of the shuttle box test in three groups.

GroupTimes of avoiding (times)Latency of the initiative avoiding (s)Latency of the passive avoiding (s)

C10.4 ± 2.74.7 ± 1.49.5 ± 1.7
M4.9 ± 1.96.8 ± 2.911.9 ± 3.6
D7.8 ± 2.55.2 ± 1.910.0 ± 2.0

C: control group; M: POCD group; D: POCD + Dex group. Compared with control group; compared with POCD group. was considered as statistical significance.