• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.455-461
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• 2007

Objective : It was hypothesized that dopamine agonist administration and subthalamic nucleus (STN) lesion in the rat might have a synergistic effect on the neuronal activities of substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNpr) as observed in patients with Parkinson's disease. The effects of SKF38393 (a $D_1$ receptor agonist) and Quinpirole (a $D_2$ receptor agonist) were compared in parkinsonian rat models with 6- hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) after STN lesion. Methods : SKF38393 and Quinpirole were consecutively injected intrastriatally. SNpr was microrecorded to ascertain the activity of the basal ganglia output structure. The effect of SKF38393 or Quinpirole injection on the firing rate and firing patterns of SNpr was investigated in medial forebrain bundle (MFB) lesioned rats and in MFB+STN lesioned rats. Results : The administration of SKF38393 decreased SNpr neuronal firing rates and the percentage of burst neurons in the MFB lesioned rats, but did not alter them in MFB+STN lesioned rats. The administration of Quinpirole significantly decreased the spontaneous firing rate in the MFB lesioned rats. However, after an additional STN lesion, it increased the percentage of burst neurons. Conclusion : This study demonstrated that dopamine agonists and STN lesion decreased the hyperactive firing rate and the percentage of burst neurons of SNpr neurons in 6-OHDA lesioned rats, respectively. Quinpirole with STN lesion increased a percentage of burst neurons. To clear the exact interactive mechanism of $D_1$ and $D_2$ agonist and the corresponding location, it should be followed a study using a nonselective dopamine agonist and $D_1$, $D_2$ selective antagonist.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2006

Neuron-derived orphan receptor (NOR-1) is a member of the thyroid/steroid receptor superfamily that was originally identified in forebrain neuronal cells undergoing apoptosis. In addition to apoptotic stimuli, activation of several signal transduction pathways including direct neuronal depolarization regulates the expression of NOR-1. In this study we tested whether the expression of NOR-1 is changed following transient ischemic injury in the adult rat brain. NOR-1 mRNA increased rapidly in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation and piriform cortex 3 h after transient global ischemia and returned to basal level at 6 h. On the other hand, oxygen-glucose deprivation of cultured cerebral cortical neurons did not alter the expression of NOR-1. These results suggest that expression of NOR-1 is differentially regulated in different brain regions in response to globally applied brain ischemia, but that hypoxia is not sufficient to induce its expression.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.595-599
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• 2013

알츠하이머병은 신경세포가 점차적으로 퇴화되는 질환으로 특히 해마와 기저쪽 앞뇌의 뇌조직이 위축되어 점진적으로 기억력을 잃어간다. 본 연구는 scopolamine(1 mg/kg, 7일 동안 1일 1회)으로 유발된 수컷 Sprague-Dawley 흰쥐 해마의 신경독성에 대한 천마 물 추출액의 효과를 규명하기 위하여 수행하였다. 실험동물(n=25)은 5군으로 나누었으며, 각 군마다 5마리씩 사용하였다. 실험군은 생리식염수를 투여한 정상군(Nor), scopolamine으로 유발한 다음 생리식염수를 20일(C-20)과 30일(C-30) 동안 투여한 대조군, scopolamine으로 유발한 다음 천마 추출액(200 mg/kg)을 20일(G-20)과 30일(G-30) 동안 투여한 실험군으로 구분하였다. 광학현미경으로 관찰한 결과 해마의 신경세포 핵은 G-20과 G-30에 비하여 C-20과 C-30에서 보다 응축되었거나 위축되어 있었다. 해마의 CA1과 CA3의 세포밀도를 조사한 결과 실험군이 대조군보다 높게 나타났다. 해마 주변의 뇌세포를 PAS로 염색한 결과 amyloid ${\beta}$ 단백질을 함유한 PAS-양성물질이 대조군에 비하여 실험군에서 감소하였다. 이상의 결과로 보아 천마 물추출액은 scopolamine으로 유발된 신경 독성을 개선하는 효과가 있는 것으로 사료되었다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제40권
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• pp.40.1-40.8
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• 2018

Background: A 9-year-old male showed severe defects in midface structures, which resulted in maxillary hypoplasia, ocular hypertelorism, relative mandibular prognathism, and syndactyly. He had been diagnosed as having Apert syndrome and received a surgery of frontal calvaria distraction osteotomy to treat the steep forehead at 6 months old, and a surgery of digital separation to treat severe syndactyly of both hands at 6 years old. Nevertheless, he still showed a turribrachycephalic cranial profile with proptosis, a horizontal groove above supraorbital ridge, and a short nose with bulbous tip. Methods: Fundamental aberrant growth may be associated with the cranial base structure in radiological observation. Results: The Apert syndrome patient had a shorter and thinner nasal septum in panthomogram, PA view, and Waters' view; shorter zygomatico-maxillary width (83.5 mm) in Waters' view; shorter length between the sella and nasion (63.7 mm) on cephalogram; and bigger zygomatic axis angle of the cranial base (118.2°) in basal cranial view than a normal 9-year-old male (94.8 mm, 72.5 mm, 98.1°, respectively). On the other hand, the Apert syndrome patient showed interdigitating calcification of coronal suture similar to that of a normal 30-year-old male in a skull PA view. Conclusion: Taken together, the Apert syndrome patient, 9 years old, showed retarded growth of the anterior cranial base affecting severe midface hypoplasia, which resulted in a hypoplastic nasal septum axis, retruded zygomatic axes, and retarded growth of the maxilla and palate even after frontal calvaria distraction osteotomy 8 years ago. Therefore, it was suggested that the severe midface hypoplasia and dysostotic facial profile of the present Apert syndrome case are closely relevant to the aberrant growth of the anterior cranial base supporting the whole oro-facial and forebrain development.