Table 2.
Summary of the differential effects of MPH treatment on control and Mn-exposed animals across the range of behavioral responses in the selective attention baseline and selective attention tasks grouped under measures of impulsivity/compulsivity and attention. Arrow indicates direction of significant MPH effect (i.e., p ≤ 0.05) to increase (↑) or decrease (↓) the specific response type, followed by whether the effect may be considered beneficial (pos) or detrimental (neg) in parentheses. Lateral arrows (←→) indicate no measurable effect. See text for details.
| MPH effect on behavioral responses | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impulsive/compulsive | Attention | |||||||
| Treatment | Premature | Perseverative | Accuracy | Omissions | ||||
| Control | ↑ | (neg) | ↑ | (neg) | ←→ | ←→ | ||
| Mn-exposed | ↓ | (pos) | ↓ | (pos) | ↓ | (neg) | ↑ | (neg) |