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기후위기 해결책으로서 해양기반기후행동을 위한 국제적 논의동향에 대한 소고 : 통합적 접근과 상호혜택 증진을 중심으로 (International Trends of Ocean-based Climate Actions as a Solution for Climate Crisis : Focused on Integrated Approach and Multi-Benefits)

  • 윤소라;김은환
    • 해양환경안전학회지
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    • 제29권7호
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    • pp.740-749
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    • 2023
  • 해양은 인간이 발생시킨 대기 중 탄소를 흡수하고 탄소가 대기 중에 더욱 축적되는 것을 방지하는 등 국제 탄소 순환에서 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. 그러나 유엔기후변화협약(UNFCCC) 당사국총회 및 주요 협상의제에서 해양 분야는 기후변화에 의한 희생자로 여겨진 반면, 기후해결을 위한 해결책으로서는 크게 주목받지 못하였다. 최근 해양과 기후시스템이 서로 긴밀하게 연결되어 있고 해양은 기후위기를 해결하기 위해 그 동안 다루지 않았던 수많은 기회를 제공할 수 있다는 인식이 제고되면서, 해양을 기반으로 한 기후 행동을 강화하기 위한 논의를 시작하고 있다. UNFCCC는 2020년부터 해양과 기후변화 이슈를 통합하고 이를 강화하기 위한 논의의 장으로서 '해양대화'를 개최하며, 해양기반기후행동을 강화하기 위한 방안과 도전과제 등을 논의·공유하고 있다. 이와 관련하여 본 연구는 해양기반기후행동에 대한 국제적 논의 배경과 주요 내용을 살펴보고, 해양기반기후행동이 추구해야 하는 내용의 범위와 이를 달성하기 위한 방향에 대한 견해를 제시해보았다. 그리고 해양기반기후행동을 강화하기 위한 방안으로서 통합적 접근과 상호혜택의 증진 등을 위한 과제를 제시하고, 이를 기반으로 국내에서 해양기반기후행동을 강화하기 위한 과제를 제안하였다.

정상성인의 시각 및 촉각 통합 작용 시 뇌신경세포의 전기생리적활동의 시간 및 공간적 특성: 예비실험 (Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Visual and Somatosensory Integration in Normal Adult Brain)

  • 주유미;김지현
    • 대한감각통합치료학회지
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2010
  • 목적 : 다감각 통합은 인지과제나 운동실행을 위해 다양한 감각정보를 사용하는 데 있어서 필수적인 처리과정이다. 특히 시각 및 체감각의 통합은 운동 행동의 주요한 요소이다. 본 연구는 감각통합 과정의 시간적 경로와 뇌의 담당 위치를 파악하기 위해 신경생리학적 연구방법을 사용하여 시각과 체감각의 통합과정과 관련된 뇌의 시간적 및 공간적 특성을 조사하였다. 연구 방법 : 실험실 상황에서 시각과 촉각 자극을 독립적으로 또는 동시에 제시하고 유발전위검사(ERP: Event-Related Potentials)를 통해 통합작용 시 뇌에서 일어나는 신경세포들의 전기생리적활동을 측정하였다. 이때 시각 과 촉각을 각각 제시하여 얻은 유발전위신호들의 선형합과 두 개의 자극을 동시에 제공하였을 시 발생되는 유발전 위신호를 측정하여 비교하였다. 결과 : 시각과 촉각을 독립적으로 각각 제시하여 얻은 유발전위신호(SUM)의 합과 두 개의 자극을 동시에 제공하여 얻은 유발전위신호(SIM)는 같지 않았다. 특히나 자극의 반대측인 오른쪽 일차체감각영역(C4)에서 SIM은 SUM 보다 특정시간대에 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보였으며, Bilateral parietal areas(P3, Pz, P4) 뿐만 아니라 일차 시각영역(O1,O2)에서도 두 조건간 추가적인 통합관련 신경활동전기신호에 의한 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 나타내고 있다. 결론 : 뇌 속에서 2개 이상의 감각이 통합될 경우 이와 관련된 추가적인 신경세포활동이 일어나고 있으며, 이는 다 감각을 동시에 제공할 경우 뇌의 활동을 더욱 활발하게 촉진시키고 있음을 시사한다.

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뇌졸중 후 편마비 환자의 Global Synkinesis 수준이 보행능력에 미치는 영향 (The Effects of Global Synkinesis Level on Gait Ability in Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Patients)

  • 임재헌;임영은;김수현;박경순;김태열
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: We determined the effect of global synkinesis(GS) on gait ability, muscle contraction, and central neuron action potentials in post-stroke hemiplegic subjects. Methods: Thirty hemiplegia patients were evaluated for walking ability, muscle contraction, central neuron action potential, and comparing differences between the H-GS(high-global synkinesis) group and L-GS(low-global synkinesis) group. To obtain the GS level, surface electromyography(EMG) data were digitized and processed to root mean square(RMS). Walking ability was tested with a modified motor assessment scale(MMAS), a 10 m walking test, timed up and go(TUG) test, and a Fugl-Meyer assessment(FMA). Muscle contraction ability was measured as maximal isometric contraction(MIC) peak, MIC slope, and MIC ramp up using mechanomyography(MMG). Central neuron action potential was measured as the H/Mmax ratio or V/Mmax ratio using EMG. The data were analyzed with t-tests to determine the statistical significance. Results: MMAS(p<0.01), 10 m walking velocity(p<0.01), TUG(p<0.01), FMA-HKA(Hip, Knee, Ankle)(p<0.05), FMA-coordination(p<0.05), MIC peak (p<0.05), MIC slope(p<0.01), and MIC ramp up(p<0.05) were significantly different between H-GS and L-GS, as was the V/Mmax ratio(p<0.05), but H/Mmax was not. Conclusion: Lower GS levels indicated better walking ability and motor function. Therefore, intervention programs should consider GS levels in gait training of chronic hemiplegia.

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Effects of Phenylephrine on the Excitability of Medial Vestibular Nuclear Neurons in Rats

  • Jeong, Han-Seong;Huh, Hae-Ryong;Jang, Myung-Joo;Hong, Seol-Hee;Jang, Su-Jeong;Park, Jin;Lee, Seung-Han;Kim, Jae-Ha;Park, Jong-Seong
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제10권3호
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    • pp.131-135
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    • 2006
  • Coeruleo-vestibular pathway which connects locus coeruleus and vestibular nuclei is noradrenergic. This study was designed to elucidate the effects of phenylephrine on the spontaneous activity of acutely isolated medial vestibular nuclear neurons of rat by whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Sprague-Dawley rats, aged 14 to 16 days, were used. After enzymatic digestion, dissociated medial vestibular neurons were transferred to a recording chamber mounted on an inverted microscope, and spontaneous action potentials were recorded by standard patch-clamp techniques. In current-clamp mode, the frequency of spontaneous action potential of medial vestibular nuclear neurons was decreased by phenylephrine (n=15). Phenylephrine increased the amplitude of afterhyperpolarization without changes in the resting membrane potential and spike width. In voltage-clamp mode, the whole potassium currents of the medial vestibular nuclear neurons were increased by phenylephrine (n=12). These experimental results suggest that ${\alpha}-receptor$ mediates the inhibitory effects on the neuronal activity of the medial vestibular nuclear neuron.

Developmental Changes of Gustatory Neurons in Nucleus of Solitary Tract in Rats

  • Kim, Mi-Won;Kim, Won-Jae;Mistretta, Charlotte
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제4권3호
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    • pp.169-175
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    • 2000
  • To learn the developmental changes in intrinsic electrophysiological properties of the second order taste neurons, whole cell recordings from the developing nucleus of the solitary tract neurons were done in brainstem slices of postnatal rats. Rats aged from postnatal 0 to 21 days (P0-P21) were used, being divided into 3 age groups: postnatal first week (P0-P7 days), second week (P8-P14 days), and third week (P15-P21 days). Slices containing gustatory NTS were cut horizontally in the thickness of $300\;{\mu}m.$ Whole cell recordings were obtained from neurons in response to a series of hyperpolarizing and depolarizing current pulses. The intrinsic electrophysiological properties of the rostral NTS (rNTS) neurons were compared among the age groups. Depolarizing current pulses evoked a train of action potentials in all neurons of all age groups. The resting membrane potential and input resistance of the neurons did not show any significant differences during the postnatal 3 weeks. The time constant, however, decreased during the development. Duration of action potential measured at half maximum amplitude was longer in younger age groups. Both the maximum rate of rise and the maximum rate of fall in the action potential increased during the first 3 weeks postnatal. Electrophysiologically more than half neurons were type III. In summary, it is suggested that developmental changes in electrophysiological properties in rNTS occur during the first three weeks in rats.

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장 노년층에서의 운동 연상 및 관찰에 따른 피질척수로 변화에 대한 근신경 역학적 연구 (A Neuromuscular Biomechanic Study of the Modulation of Corticospinal Excitability by Observation and/or Imagery of Action in Older Adults)

  • 최은희
    • 한국운동역학회지
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.681-688
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구는 22명의 오른손 잡이로 신경학적 이상이 없는 장노년층을 대상으로 경두개 자기자극 후 우측 단무지 외전근에서 운동 유발 전위를 측정함으로써 빠르고 느린 동작에 대한 수동적 혹은 능동적 운동 관찰과 연상을 시행할 때 피질척수로의 흥분도에 있어 변화가 일어나는지 알아보고자 시행되었다. 대상자에게 빠르고 느린 무지의 외전 운동을 수동적으로 관찰하거나(수동관찰), 연상하거나(운동 연상), 능동적으로 따라하려는 마음으로 관찰하도록한 상태(능동 관찰)에서 각각 운동 유발 전위의 진폭과 잠시를 측정하였고 안정 시에 측정된 값과 비교하였다. 수동관찰, 운동연상, 능동 관찰법에 따른 운동 유발 전위의 차이와 느리고 빠른 운동 속도에 따른 운동 유발 전위의 차이를 비교 분석하였다. 분석 결과 안정 시 보다 수동 관찰, 운동 연상 혹은 능동 관찰 모두에서 운동 유발 전위의 촉발이 일어나며, 능동적 관찰은 수동적 관찰에 비해 유의하게 높은 운동유발전위를 촉발이 일어나나, 빠르고 느린 동작에 있어 유의한 차이를 보이지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

Lithspermic acid-A slows down the inactivation kinetics of cardiac $Na^+$ current by intracellular $Ca^{2+}$-dependent mechanisms

  • Yoon, Jin-Young;Hyuncheol Oh;Ho, Won-Kyung;Lee, Suk-Ho
    • 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국생물물리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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    • pp.46-46
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    • 2003
  • Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix has been used for treatment of cardiovascular diseases in oriental medicine. To investigate the possible involvement of cardiac ion channel in this effect, we examined electrophysiological effects of the extract of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix on action potentials and ionic currents in rat ventricular myocytes. The extracts of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix were fractionated into nine fractions, and the effect of each fraction on action potential was tested. The fraction containing monomethyl lithospermic acid-A (LSA-A) induced a significant prolongation of action potential duration (APD). LSA-B which is a major component of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix, however, did not cause a significant effect. In voltage clamp experiments, the effects of LSA-A on K currents, Ca currents and Na currents were tested. Neither K currents nor L-type Ca currents were affected by LSA-A. On the contrary, LSA-A significantly slowed down the inactivation kinetics of the Na current with no effect on the fast component of the inactivation process. The amplitude of the peak current and the voltage-dependence of activation were not changed by LSA-A. The effect of LSA-A on Na current was abolished when high concentration of $Ca^{2+}$ buffer (10 mM BAPTA) was included in the pipette solution or when Ca2+ current was blocked by nicardipine (1 $\mu$M) in the bath solution.n.

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일측성 성대 마비에서 운동단위 활동전위를 이용한 정량적 후두 근전도 분석 (Quantitative Measurement of Laryngeal Electromyography Using Motor Unit Action Potential in Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis)

  • 하륜;김동영;김동현;우주현
    • 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.28-33
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    • 2019
  • Background and Objectives : Laryngeal electromyography (LEMG) is valuable to evaluate the innervation status of the laryngeal muscles and the prognosis of vocal fold paralysis (VFP). However, there is a lack of agreement on quantitative interpretation of LEMG. The aim of this study is to measure the motor unit action potentials (MUAP) quantitatively in order to find cut-off values of amplitude, duration, phase for unilateral vocal fold paralysis patients. Materials and Method : Retrospective chart review was performed for the unilateral VFP patients who underwent LEMG from March 2016 to May 2018. Patient's demography, cause of VFP, vocal cord mobility, and LEMG finding were analyzed. The difference between normal and paralyzed vocal folds and cut-off values of duration, amplitude, and phase in MUAP were evaluated. Results : Thirty-six patients were enrolled in this study. Paralyzed vocal fold had significantly longer duration (p=0.021), lower amplitude (p=0.000), and smaller phase (p=0.012) than the normal. The cut-off values of duration, amplitude, and phase in MUAP for unilateral VFP were 5.15 ms, $68.35{\mu}V$, and 1.85 respectively. Conclusion : An analysis of MUAP successfully provided quantitative differences between normal and paralyzed vocal folds. But, additional research is needed to get more available cut-off value which is helpful to evaluate the status of laryngeal innervations.

Eugenol, Capsaicin과 Demethoxy - NE가 치수동통 반응에 미치는 영향 (EFFECTS OF EUGENOL, CAPSAICIN AND DEMETHOXY-NE ON THE PAIN RESPONSE OF DENTAL PULP)

  • 이은구;이정식
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.10-21
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    • 1992
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the analgesic effect of eugenol, capsaicin and demethoxy-NE. Young adult cats, weighing 2.0 to 3.0kg, were used. Each animal was anesthetized (${\alpha}$-chloralose 60mg per kg body weight) and divided into four groups; control, eugenol, capsaicin and demethoxy-NE group. The anterior digastric muscles were exposed and a pair of electrodes was inserted to record the electromyograms. To expose the pulp, each canine teeth was prepared with a low speed bur under cooling and used for recording anterior digastric muscular EMGs evoked by noxious stimulation of dental pulp. To observe effects on jaw opening reflex, inferior alveolar nerve of both sides were exposed for drug application and wire electrodes were inserted in anterior digstric muscle for recording the EMGs. To observe effects on action potential, saphenous nerves of both sides were exposed and three tissue pools were made from surrounding tissue. The most distal pool was used for applying stimulation, the most proximal one for recording of action potential, and the other one for drug application. One side of inferior alveolar nerve and saphenous nerve were used for eugenol, capsaicin, or demethoxy-NE application, the other side of nerve for control experiments(only vehicle application). Anterior digastric muscular EMGs evoked by noxious stimulation of dental pulp were recorded before drug application, immediate after drug application, at 60 and 120 minutes, and 5 days after drug application. Action potentials were recorded before drug application, immediate after 30 minutes drug application, at 30, 60 and 120 minutes after drug had been washed out. The results were as follows; 1. Eugenol had a continuous blocking effect on the anterior digastric muscular EMGs evoked by noxious pulp stimulation and after 5 days, showed completely blocking effect. 2. After 5 days, demethoxy-NE applied to dental pulp had a considerable blocking effect on the jaw opening retlex evoked by noxious stimulation but capsaicin had no significant effect. 3. After 5 days, eugenol group showed the strongest blocking effect among the all experimental groups on the jaw opening reflex evoked by noxious stimulation of dental pulp and capsaicin group showed the weakest blocking effect. 4. Eugenol had a completely blocking effect on the action potential conductivity of peripheral nerve. Capsaicin and demethoxy-NE had the blocking effect on the action potential conductivity of ${\alpha}$-and C-nerve fibers. 5. Capsaicin, demethoxy-NE and eugenol applied to inferior alveolar nerve surppressed the jaw opening reflex evoked by noxious stimulation of dental pulp.

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근섬유 전도 속도 측정을 위한 시지연 추정 알고리즘 (Time delay estimation algorithm for measurement of muscle fiber conduction velocity)

  • 정정균;이진;이영석;김덕영;김성환
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 1997년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국전력공사 서울연수원; 17-18 Oct. 1997
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    • pp.1635-1638
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    • 1997
  • A measurement of conduction veloctiy of the action potentials along the muscle fibres has been applied to various diagnosis. When we measure muscle fiber conduction velocity, it occurs that not only change of conduction velocity but alos inclusion of mipulse component by physiological and experimental reason. So, robuster time delay estimation algorithm than general methods[1] is needed to find correct time delay form these signals. In this paper we, propose new time delay estimation algorithms, robust in impulsive noise, by using characteristic of .alpha.-stable distribution whcih defines impulsive noise well. Then we apply proposed algorthms to measure muscle fiber conduction velocity and compare them with other studies.

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