Table 1.

Data for CMMCs with intact and removed mucosa

	Intact Mucosa	Mucosa Removed (“Sock Preparation”)
	Spontaneous CMMCs	5-HT-Evoked CMMCs (10–100 μM; 1 s)
Frequency, cycles/min	0.39 ± 0.01	0.37 ± 0.02
Amplitude, mN	17.53 ± 0.86	13.9 ± 0.7
Area, mN-s	258.49 ± 12.894	259.0 ± 15.9
Duration, s	54.08 ± 1.99	56.8 ± 2.1

All values are presented as means ± SE. 5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptamine; CMMC, colonic migrating motor complex.