This Month in Gastroenterology Jan Tack, John M. Carethers  Gastroenterology  Volume 137, Issue 4, Pages 1191-1193 (October 2009) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.040 Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Variation in pain intensity over time in patients receiving amitriptyline or placebo. There is no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups. Solid line, placebo; dashed line, amitriptyline. Gastroenterology 2009 137, 1191-1193DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.040) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Relative mortality risk with 95% CI for HH patients and their first-degree relatives compared with controls. Gastroenterology 2009 137, 1191-1193DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.040) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Endoscopic views of stomach from (A) a control monkey, (B) a H pylori-infected monkey, and (C) a combined H pylori-infected and ENNG-treated monkey with a polyp (white arrow) and telangiectasias (black arrow). Gastroenterology 2009 137, 1191-1193DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.040) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Representative individual traces that illustrate evoked spiked AP discharge in human submucosal plexus neurons, and the similarity of responses to supernatants from patients with diarrhea-predominant IBS (D-IBS, middle tracing) and constipation-predominant IBS (C-IBS, bottom tracing). The number of AP in the particular trace is given in the right upper corner. Gastroenterology 2009 137, 1191-1193DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.040) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions