a statistical trendp = 0.09
Juvenile degus exhibited significantly lower CA3a PNN signals compared to adolescents [ H (3, 25) = 9.208, p = 0.026, KW ANOVA; p = 0.029, Dunn's test; Figure 6F ], and there was a statistical trend toward a significant positive linear relationship between PNN density and age ( R 2 = 0.1, p = 0.09; Figure 6H ).