Table 1 Firing properties of E neurons projecting to the thoracic and lumber spinal cord, and E neurons in the sacral spinal cord during rectum pressure “on” and “off”

45.68 ± 16.74

0.026 ± 0.014

0.54

36.63 ± 12.54*

0.033 ± 0.018*

0.54

71.17 ± 23.43

0.017 ± 0.011

0.65

76.41 ± 25.52*

0.015 ± 0.009*

0.56

55.22 ± 22.84

0.022 ± 0.017

0.71

72.56 ± 34.86*

0.019 ± 0.015*

0.78

44.88 ± 13.16

0.025 ± 0.012

0.46

47.79 ± 15.08*

0.024 ± 0.012

0.50

7.78 ± 1.21

0.131 ± 0.020

0.15

8.49 ± 1.38*

0.121 ± 0.022*

0.19

10.53 ± 3.48

0.106 ± 0.036

0.34

10.53 ± 5.10

0.120 ± 0.036*

0.30

14.12 ± 3.67

0.077 ± 0.027

0.35

19.86 ± 5.20*

0.056 ± 0.022*

0.34

98.13 ± 38.58

0.013 ± 0.009

0.69

86.58 ± 34.34*

0.014 ± 0.010*

0.66

31.74 ± 10.15

0.037 ± 0.021

0.56

18.26 ± 9.51*

0.070 ± 0.034*

0.49

53.41 ± 31.79

0.026 ± 0.019

0.73

36.18 ± 32.17*

0.042 ± 0.026*

0.62

10.73 ± 5.72

0.109 ± 0.039

0.36

7.05 ± 2.29*

0.160 ± 0.063*

0.39