ALTERED ACTIVITY OF THE MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX AND AMYGDALA DURING ACQUISITION AND EXTINCTION OF AN ACTIVE AVOIDANCE TASK

Altered activity of the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala during acquisition and extinction of an active avoidance task

Altered medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and amygdala function is associated with anxiety-related disorders.While the mPFC-amygdala pathway has a clear role in fear conditioning, these structures are also involved in active avoidance.Given that avoidance perseveration represents a core symptom of anxiety disorders, the neural substrate of avoidance,

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Pure testicular choriocarcinoma Cannonball metastases as a presenting imaging feature: A case report and a review of literature

Pure testicular choriocarcinoma is an extremely rare subtype of nonseminomatous germ cell tumor, accounting for less than 1% of all germ cell tumors and only 0.19% of all testicular tumors.It is a highly aggressive malignant tumor with early multiorgan metastasis and poor prognosis.We present a case of 23-year-old male presented to the hospital wit

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