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Open AccessThe ion channel TRPA1 is a modulator of the cocaine reward circuit in the nucleus accumbens
Drug addiction therapies commonly fail because continued drug use promotes the release of excessive and pleasurable dopamine levels. Because the connection between pleasure and drug use becomes hard-wired in t...
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Correction: Long-term prognostic factors for cardiovascular events in patients with chest pain without diabetes mellitus nor significant coronary stenosis
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Long-term prognostic factors for cardiovascular events in patients with chest pain without diabetes mellitus nor significant coronary stenosis
Chest pain is the most common symptom of coronary artery disease (CAD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is a well-known single strongest risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Thus, the impact of CAD nor DM on lon...
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Open AccessOptimal timing for the first cystoscopic follow-up using time-to-treatment initiation analysis of oncologic outcomes in primary non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
Various guidelines recommend the first follow-up cystoscopy at 3 months; however, no data exist on the optimal timing for initial follow-up cystoscopy. We tried to provide evidence on the timing of the first c...
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Open AccessLong-term air pollution exposure is associated with higher incidence of ST-elevation myocardial infarction and in-hospital cardiogenic shock
Previous studies have reported the association between myocardial infarction (MI) and air pollution (AP). However, limited information is available regarding the long-term effects of AP on the relative inciden...
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LI-RADS threshold growth based on tumor growth rate can improve the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma ≤ 3.0 cm
Despite the revision of threshold growth (TG) in the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) version 2018, the appropriate time period between the two examinations for TG has not been determined. We ...
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Open AccessAvailability of ChatGPT to provide medical information for patients with kidney cancer
ChatGPT is an advanced natural language processing technology that closely resembles human language. We evaluated whether ChatGPT could help patients understand kidney cancer and replace consultations with uro...
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Open AccessPersistent enhancement of basolateral amygdala-dorsomedial striatum synapses causes compulsive-like behaviors in mice
Compulsive behaviors are observed in a range of psychiatric disorders, however the neural substrates underlying the behaviors are not clearly defined. Here we show that the basolateral amygdala-dorsomedial str...
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Correction: Feasibility of oral doxycycline as first-line therapy for conjunctival mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma
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Feasibility of oral doxycycline as first-line therapy for conjunctival mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma
To investigate the long-term outcomes of oral doxycycline as first-line treatment in patients with conjunctival extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma).
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Open AccessAssociation between subconjunctival hemorrhage and hemorrhagic disorders: a nationwide population-based study
Subconjunctival hemorrhage (SCH) is a benign eye condition that is often noticeable and leads to medical attention. Despite previous studies investigating the relationship between SCH and cardiovascular diseas...
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Author Correction: Cortical astrocytes modulate dominance behavior in male mice by regulating synaptic excitatory and inhibitory balance
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Enhanced Antitumor Effect of the Combination of Bacille Calmette-Guérin and an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in Bladder Cancer-On-a-Chip
We upgraded preexisting bladder cancer-on-a-chip (BCOC) by adding T cells and evaluated the antitumor effect of a combination of intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and pembrolizumab. We fabricated biop...
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Open AccessFactors for achieving target serum uric acid levels after initiating urate-lowering therapy in patients with gout: results from the ULTRA registry
Achieving target serum uric acid (SUA) levels is important in gout management. Guidelines recommend lowering SUA levels to < 6 mg/dL; however, many patients fail to reach this target, even with uric acid-lower...
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Liquid crystal alignment effect and electro-optical characteristics of rubbing-atmospheric plasma coprocessing in ZnO alignment film according to concentration
We describe liquid crystal (LC) alignment in varying solution-derived zinc oxide (ZnO) concentrations after treatment with atmospheric plasma. In order to implement a high-performance display, uniform alignmen...
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Effects of Si additions and heat treatment on the thermal characteristics of Al–Si–Mg alloys
In the present work, the thermal properties and heat treatment effect of an ingot metallurgy hypereutectic Al–Mg–Si alloy with extra Si are studied. The alloy is produced by gravity casting using 99.8% pure Al...
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Cortical astrocytes modulate dominance behavior in male mice by regulating synaptic excitatory and inhibitory balance
Social hierarchy is established as an outcome of individual social behaviors, such as dominance behavior during long-term interactions with others. Astrocytes are implicated in optimizing the balance between e...
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LI-RADS version 2018 for hepatocellular carcinoma < 1.0 cm on gadoxetate disodium–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
We aimed to develop and evaluate a modified Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) version 2018 using significant ancillary features for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) < 1.0 cm on gadoxet...
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Performance of cut-offs adjusted with positive control band intensity in line-blot assays for myositis-specific antibodies
The diagnostic performance of band intensity (BI) cut-offs, adjusted by a positive control band (PCB) in a line-blot assay (LBA) for myositis-related autoantibodies (MRAs) is investigated. Sera from 153 idiopa...
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Open AccessComparative risk of infections between JAK inhibitors versus TNF inhibitors among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study
To compare infectious risk between JAK inhibitors (JAKis) versus TNF inhibitors (TNFis) among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in Korea.
