Table 1:

Colonic mean motility index (in % baseline) during stimulation (15 min) and post stimulation (30 min) in response to direct proximal, transverse and distal colonic stimulation in anesthetized male Yucatan pigs.

		n	stimulation	post-stimulation
Direct proximal colon stimulation	P10	13	209.0 ± 28.1***	127.2 ± 11.8 ++
	P13	12	159.5 ± 30.9 *	131.4 ± 17.0
	P16	7	186.5 ± 34.1	270.1 ± 71.6 *
	P19	7	163.6 ± 31.3	162.0 ± 51.0
	T10	14	118 ± 12.1	125.6 ± 20.5
	T13	13	112.6 ± 16.3	109.8 ± 25.9
	T16	15	102.1 ± 10.5	89.03 ± 12.2
	T19	15	114.5 ± 7.0	109.7 ± 24.9
	D10	14	111.4 ± 10.7	114.7 ± 13.5
	D13	13	111.3 ± 7.0	128.1 ± 17.7
	D16	14	103.5 ± 6.7	121.6 ± 14.5
	D19	12	96.0 ± 10.7	129.7 ± 24.3
Direct transverse colon stimulation	P10	5	95.6 ± 12.7	117.3 ± 26.1
	P13	7	92.2 ± 10.5	131.9 ± 27.1
	P16	7	102.5 ± 14.0	85.2 ± 10.6
	P19	8	125.2 ± 17.9	109.6 ± 28.8
	T10	6	240.2 ± 26.8 *	123.2 ± 24.4
	T13	7	124.9 ± 21.7	104.9 ± 18.0
	T16	8	125.2 ± 14.8	105.7 ± 16.7
	T19	8	118.9 ± 14.7	99.8 ± 10.3
	D10	8	125.7 ± 19.7	137.3 ± 24.7
	D13	7	139.5 ± 21.5	171.0 ± 30.9
	D16	8	153.9 ± 26.9	192.8 ± 29.5 *
	D19	7	141.8 ± 28.2	119.3 ± 20.2
Direct distal colon stimulation	P10	2	86.4 ± 13.2	73.8 ± 12.7
	P13	6	143.4 ± 9.4 *	118.4 ± 16.4
	P16	5	142.9 ± 17.6	131.6 ± 33.1
	P19	5	142.7 ± 28.3	141.0 ± 53.6
	T10	5	92.5 ± 9.8	106.6 ± 3.7
	T13	5	106.0 ± 12.1	97.7 ± 21.1
	T16	6	109.0 ± 12.0	123.5 ± 15.5
	T19	6	135.8 ± 24.4	157.1 ± 21.0
	D10	4	115.5 ± 9.7	152.0 ± 41.1
	D13	6	131.4 ± 20.2	149.1 ± 40.7
	D16	5	129.5 ± 15.9 **	192.8 ± 23.7 +
	D19	6	147.3 ± 23.8	193.2 ± 77.7

Data are mean ± SEM of n as indicated for each probe/set. Repeated measure one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc test

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01 and

^***p<0.001 vs baseline (100.0 ± 0.0%)

⁺p<0.05

⁺⁺p<0.01 vs stimulation.