Effects of tegaserod on Fos, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide expression induced by colon inflammation in lumbarsacral spinal cord

Table 1 Number of Fos-IR neurons and density of SP, CGRP (%) in dorsal horn of rats in various groups

	Fos	SP	CGRP
Treatment group 1 (2 mg/kg·d)	22.0 ± 7.7a	12.5 ± 1.4a	1.2 ± 1.1
Treatment group 1 (1 mg/kg·d)	42.6 ± 7.5	33.3 ± 3.4	2.2 ± 2.3
Control group	62.2 ± 18.9	35.9 ± 8.9	2.8 ± 2.4

^aP < 0.05, vs the control.