Fig. 10. Ex vivo colonic motility after lumbosacral DRG lesion.
a The removal of L5-S1 DRG had no significant effect on the frequency of the colonic motor complex ex vivo (mean intervals: 225 ± 74 vs. 196 ± 41 s, control vs. LS lesion, respectively; P = 0.522, t = 0.680, DF = 6; independent samples 2 tailed t test, N = 4 in each group). Error bars represent mean ± SD, individual markers represent individual animal averages. b, c Representative mechanical recordings from control and LS lesioned mice, respectively. Hexamethonium promptly abolished high amplitude contractions in both examples, confirming their dependence on nicotinic transmission within the enteric nervous system.