TABLE 2.
Group | Number of pellets inserted | Pellet expulsion (number) | Velocity of pellet movements (mm/s) | Velocity of CMCs (mm/s) | Velocity of reflex movements (mm/s) |
No Krebs (N = 7) | 20 | Yes (13) | 0.32 ± 0.03a | 0.34 ± 0.03 | 0.20 ± 0.04 |
(n = 56) | (n = 47) | (n = 9) | |||
No (7) | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | ||
(n = 37) | (n = 30) | (n = 7) | |||
Krebs | 41 | Yes (27) | 0.39 ± 0.03 | 0.41 ± 0.03 | 0.37 ± 0.04 |
(N = 17) | (n = 76) | (n = 26) | (n = 50) | ||
No (14) | 0.29 ± 0.02 | 0.35 ± 0.03 | 0.23 ± 0.02 | ||
(n = 34) | (n = 16) | (n = 18) |
aP = 0.012 for the velocity of expelled vs. non-expelled pellet movements without Krebs perfusion. Velocities are presented as mean ± SEM. P values were determined by a one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc test.