Effect of electroacupuncture at Sibai on the gastric myoelectric acitivities of denervated rats

Table 1 Effect of EA on amplitude of high activity phase of slow wave in rats (mean ± SD, mV)

Group	(1) After EA	(2) Blocking agent	(3) Blocking agent + EA	(2)-(1)	(3)-(1)
Sibai + saline	5.35 ± 0.32	5.21 ± 0.76	5.38 ± 0.26	0.14 ± 0.32	0.03 ± 0.09
Sibai + atropine	5.31 ± 0.44	2.38 ± 0.71b	5.21 ± 0.54a	2.93 ± 0.35d	0.10 ± 0.11
Sibai + hexamethonium	5.28 ± 0.48	2.65 ± 0.66b	5.16 ± 0.62a	2.63 ± 0.38d	0.12 ± 0.10
Sibai + reserpine	5.34 ± 0.62	5.55 ± 0.52a	5.61 ± 0.57a	0.59 ± 0.21c	0.27 ± 0.22c

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs (1) after EA;

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs Sibai plus saline group.

Table 2 Effect of EA on the ratio between time courses of slow wave and slow wave cycle in rats (mean ± SD, mV)

Group	(1) After EA	(2)Blocking agent	(3) Blocking agent + EA	(2)-(1)	(3)-(1)
Sibai + saline	0.49 ± 0.04	0.48 ± 0.04	0.48 ± 0.04	0.01 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.01
Sibai + atropine	0.47 ± 0.05	0.46 ± 0.04a	0.48 ± 0.05	0.01 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01
Sibai + hexamethonium	0.48 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.04a	0.48 ± 0.06	0.01 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01
Sibai + reserpine	0.48 ± 0.06	0.49 ± 0.06	0.49 ± 0.05a	0.01 ± 0.01c	0.01 ± 0.01

^aP < 0.05 vs (1) after EA; ^cP<0.05 vs Sibai plus saline group.

Table 3 Effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on average frequency of fast wave in anesthetized rats (mean ± SD, mV)

Group	(1) After EA	(2) Blocking agent	(3) Blocking agent + EA	(2)-(1)	(3)-(1)
Sibai + saline	36.90 ± 10.95	36.11 ± 9.55	36.32 ± 9.69	0.79 ± 0.98	0.58 ± 0.92
Sibai + atropine	36.38 ± 11.77	34.33 ± 10.63b	36.08 ± 11.32	2.05 ± 0.99c	0.30 ± 0.88
Sibai + hexamethonium	37.04 ± 11.08	35.21 ± 10.23b	36.65 ± 11.12	1.83 ± 0.90c	0.39 ± 0.94
Sibai + reserpine	37.34 ± 9.66	38.24 ± 10.14a	38.33 ± 11.13a	0.90 ± 0.92	1.01 ± 0.90

^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 vs (1) after EA; ^cP < 0.05 vs Sibai plus saline group.