Research Article

Stroke Induces a BDNF-Dependent Improvement in Cognitive Flexibility in Aged Mice

Table 1

Summary showing treatment group sizes included for analysis at the start of the experiment and for both the reversal and rereversal tasks. Animal numbers that were excluded for both the reversal and rereversal tasks are shown in brackets.

Treatment groupStarting Final for reversalFinal for rereversal

Young sham1312 (1)12 (1)
Young stroke1311 (2)11 (2)
Aged sham97 (2)7 (2)
Aged stroke108 (2)7 (3)
Aged stroke+IgG-Fc108 (2)7 (3)
Aged stroke+TrkB-Fc1611 (5)10 (6)