TABLE 1

Mean number of stimulations to achieve kindling stages in vehicle-treated control and butyrate-treated mice

Values represent mean ± S.E.M. of number of stimulation values derived from the experiments in Figs. 5C, 6A, and 8C.

	Vehicle	Butyrate Treatment
	Vehicle	Chronic	Subchronic
Stage 1	1.9 ± 0.31	2.3 ± 0.19	1.4 ± 0.26
Stage 2	3.4 ± 0.51	14.2 ± 1.54^*	15.3 ± 2.51^*
Stage 3	7.5 ± 0.68	15.8 ± 1.71^*	16.7 ± 2.43^*
Stage 4	10.3 ± 0.89	18.4 ± 1.40^*	22.5 ± 3.22^*
Stage 5	12.3 ± 0.92	20.3 ± 1.47^*	23.5 ± 3.30^*

↵* P < 0.05 vs. vehicle control.