Journal of Food Bioactives, ISSN 2637-8752 print, 2637-8779 online
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Original Research

Volume 3, Number , September 2018, pages 161-167


Chronic increase in sugar consumption and visual attention in Wistar rats

Tables

Table 1. Composition of the experimental diets
 
High sucrose/glucose diet
Experimental customized
Standard sucrose/glucose diet
Standard control
*Physiological fuel value
Energy (Atwater), MJ/kg*16.013.6
Protein, kJ%1925
Carbohydrates, kJ%6965.5
Fat, kJ%129.5
Sucrose/glucose (1:2 by weight) composition, % of diet30.85.5

 

Table 2. Test performance of the high and standard sucrose/glucose groups as measured using the 3-CSRTT (mean ± standard error), stimulus duration 2.5 s
 
High sucrose/glucose diet
Experimental customized
Standard sucrose/glucose diet
Standard control
#p ≤ 0.05 compared with standard sucrose/glucose diet
Attention parameters
No. of correct responses37.85 ± 3.18#49.88 ± 2.87
No. of commission errors2.74 ± 0.49#4.96 ± 0.62
No. of omission errors16.09 ± 1.39#10.67 ± 1.72
Correct responses, %92.79 ± 1.3890.80 ± 1.18
Omissions, %29.97 ± 3.06#16.39 ± 2.72
Impulsivity parameters
No. of premature responses11.76 ± 2.0118.54 ± 3.30
No. of panel pushes during ITI41.06 ± 6.90#78.63 ± 11.78
No. of time-out responses9.38 ± 2.0215.17 ± 2.78
No. of perseverative responses1.44 ± 0.322.21 ± 0.55
Activity parameters
No. of trials completed56.68 ± 3.23#65.50 ± 2.61
Correct response latency (s)1.35 ± 0.071.12 ± 0.07
Commission error latency (s)1.59 ± 0.251.37 ± 0.27
Reward collection latency (s)1.72 ± 0.13#1.07 ± 0.04