Research Article

Changing Interdigestive Migrating Motor Complex in Rats under Acute Liver Injury

Table 2

Comparison of duodenal MMC in rats with acute liver injury and normal control group ().

MMC phaseAcute liver injury group ()Normal control group () or value value

Phase I734.94 ± 208.30455.54 ± 233.89<0.01
Phase II577.44 ± 379.86576.00 ± 323.060.99
Phase III36.16 ± 11.3361.36 ± 21.84<0.01
Phase IV381.84 ± 197.89166.68 ± 64.30<0.01
MMC cycle1716.25 ± 397.501328.24 ± 535.700.02

versus normal control group.