Involvement of nitrergic neurons in colonic motility in a rat model of ulcerative colitis

Figure 1 Disease activity of animals in each group. A: Body weight changes of rats. The differences in body weight were statistically significant between EG groups and CG group (^aP < 0.05), and between EG2-3 groups and EG1 group (^cP < 0.05); B: Disease activity index scores. The differences were significant between EG groups and CG group (^bP < 0.0001), and between EG2-3 groups and EG1 group (^aP < 0.05). CG: Control group; UC: Ulcerative colitis; NOS: Nitric oxide synthase; L-NMMA: NG-monomethyl-L-arginine monoacetate; EG1: UC group; EG2: UC + NOS agonist TP508TFA group; EG3: UC + NOS inhibitor L-NMMA group; DAI: Disease activity index.