Table 4.

Statistical comparison for experimental values between two cohorts of presymptomatic SynTKO animals

ExperimentMeasurePresynaptic SynTKO
animals from Italy
Presynaptic SynTKO
animals from Berlin
Input–outputSlope of simple linear regression1.3410.833
Ranges of 95% confidence band0.5494–2.1340.09287–1.573
p value slopes (ANCOVA)0.69
1 Hz facilitationMedian4.4405.955
Interquartile range3.760–6.2603.753–11.41
p value (Mann–Whitney U test)0.3473
PPRMedian3.5574.545
Interquartile ranges2.299–4.2602.568–6.035
p value (Mann–Whitney U test)0.0899
PTP (norm. fEPSP)Median3.4694.116
Interquartile ranges2.118–4.5893.374–7.144
p value (Mann–Whitney U test)0.1151
LTP after 30 min (norm. fEPSP)Median245.2228.8
Interquartile ranges198.3–302.9182.5–384.4
p value (Mann–Whitney U test)0.8793