Altered spontaneous contractions of the ileum by anesthetic agents in rats exposed to peritonitis

Figure 2 Changes in the spontaneous contractions of the isolated ileum muscle segments. A: Amplitudes were calculated as a percentage of the contraction induced by KCl (80 mmol/L) from both control and peritonitis groups; B: Frequencies were expressed as the number of contractions for 10 min from both control and peritonitis groups. (^aP < 0.05 vs control group; analysis of variance followed by Newman-Keuls test).