Accommodation and peristalsis are functional responses to obstruction in rat hypertrophic ileum

Figure 1 Basal intestinal tone. Changes in basal intestinal tone of normal (N), control (C) and hypertrophic (H) ileal segments, expressed as values of intraluminal pressure (mmHg), exposed to different subsequent conditions: hydrostatic pressure of 5 cm H₂O (Low distens), electrical field stimulation (EFS), NANC conditions (NANC), incubation with N^G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) 300 μmol/L (L-NAME), incubation with α-chymotrypsin 10 IU/mL (α-chymo). Each value is the mean ± SE of 5 distinct experiments per group. ^bP < 0.001 vs corresponding normal values; ^dP < 0.001 vs corresponding control values; ^eP < 0.05; ^hP < 0.001; analysis of variance test followed by Bonferroni’s post-test.