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An exprimental Study of the Effects of Yukmijiwhangtanggamibang on Growth, Learning and Memory of Rats (육미지황탕가미방(六味地黃湯加味方)이 흰쥐의 성장(成長)과 학습(學習) 및 기억(記憶)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Koo, Jin-Suk;Kim, Jang-Hyun
    • The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.67-82
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    • 2005
  • Objectives : This study was conducted to find out the effect of Yukmijiwhangtanggamibang (YM) on growth, learning and memory of rats. Methods : It was divided SD rats into Sham group, 192 Saporin injection(SA+Saline) group and Injection of 192 Saporin with YM(SA+YM) group. Growth measure length of bone and tail. Memory performance was used aquisition test and learning retention of morris water maze. It was detected acetylcholinesterase(AChE), cholineacetyltransferase(ChAT) at medial septum and hippocampus by immunohistochemistry Results : Body Weight of the SA+YM Group increased effectively, as compared with SA Saline group. Growth of bone in the SA+YM Group increased effectively, as compared with SA+Saline group. Growth of Tail in the SA+YM Group increased effectively, as compared with SA_Saline group. The SA+YM Group in Aquisition Test improved effectively, as compared with SA+Saline group. The SA+YM Group in Learning Test improved effectively, as compared with SA+Saline group. The numbers of ChAT cells in Medial septum increased effectively, as compared with SA+Saline group. The numbers of ChAT cells in CA1 of Hippocampus increased, but was not effective. Conclusion : These results suggest that YM has an improving effect on the impaired learning through the effects on memory registration and retrieval.

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Improving Effects of Chimae-eum on Learning and Memory Function in the Hippocampal Damaged Rat (치매음이 해마손상 백서의 기억기능회복에 미치는 영향)

  • Chi Gyoo Yong
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.1236-1242
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    • 2002
  • In order to make an efficient prescription and cope with dementia, learning and memory functions of Sprague-Dawley model rats were tested with Morris water maze. And to evaluate the effect of the sample drug(CHM) on choline acetyltranferase and acetylcholine esterase, immunoreactive measurement and enzymatic activity measuring were carried out. Rats were injected with ibotenic acid through hippocampus CA1 and CA3 area. The results are as following. CHM improves the learning ability in the acquisition test and memory function in the retention test significantly. And CHM increases the level of AChE which is resolving acetylcholine. Though it doesn't increase the level of ChAT significantly which is synthesizing acetylcholine, but it shows the tendency of increase. So these results show that CHM improve the cholinergic catabolism and anabolism, and the increment of metabolic activity of cholinergic system. Thus it can be concluded that CHM will be helpful to cholinergic brain disease induced by primary or senile reduction of acetylcholine secretive activity.

Program Osptimality Using Network Partiton in Embedded System (임베디드 시스템에서 네트워크 분할을 이용한 프로그램 최적화)

  • Choi Kang-Hee;Shin Hyun-Duck
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2006
  • This paper improves algorithms of Speculative Partial Redundancy Elimination(SPRE) proposed by Knoop et al. Improving SPRE algorithm performs the execution speed optimization based on the information of the execution frequency from profiling and the memory space optimization. The first purpose of presented algorithm is to reduce in space requirements and the second purpose is to de crease the execution time. Since too much weight on execution speed optimization may cause the explosion of the memory space, it is important to consider the size of memory. This fact can be a big advantage in the embedded system which concerns the required memory size more than the execution speed In this paper we implemented the min-cut algorithm, and this algorithm used the control flow graph is constructed with network and partitioned.

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A Comparative Study of Memory Improving Effects of Taraxaci herba on Scopolamine-induced Amnesia in Mouse (포공영 기원식물의 mouse 기억력 개선효과 비교)

  • Sohn, Moon-Ki;Shin, Yong-Wook
    • The Korea Journal of Herbology
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2012
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to characterize the effect of the fraction of Taraxacum officinale and T.coreanum on the learning and memory impairments induced by scopolamine. Methods : The cognition-enhancing effect of Taraxacum officinale and T.coreanum was investigated using a passive avoidance test, the Morris water maze test and Y-maze test in mice. Drug-induced amnesia was induced by treating animals with scopolamine (1 mg/kg, i.p.). Results : The results showed that the Aug harvested T.offiicinale extract-treated group (200 mg/kg, p.o.) and the tacrine-treated group (10 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly ameliorated scopolamine-induced amnesia based on the Passive avoidance Y-maze test and Watermaze test. And these results are same manner in DPPH radical scavenger effect and Acetylcholineseterase inhibition effect. Conclusions : These results suggest that Taraxacum officinale extract maybe a useful cognitive impairment treatment, and its beneficial effects are depending on the collecting time and origin plants. As a result, Taraxacum officinale harvested in August improve memory most.

Improving the Reliability by Straight Channel of As2Se3-based Resistive Random Access Memory (As2Se3 기반 Resistive Random Access Memory의 채널 직선화를 통한 신뢰성 향상)

  • Nam, Ki-Hyun;Kim, Chung-Hyeok
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.327-331
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    • 2016
  • Resistive random access memory (ReRAM) of metallic conduction channel mechanism is based on the electrochemical control of metal in solid electrolyte thin film. Amorphous chalcogenide materials have the solid electrolyte characteristic and optical reactivity at the same time. The optical reactivity has been used to improve the memory switching characteristics of the amorphous $As_2Se_3$-based ReRAM. This study focuses on the formation of holographic lattices patterns in the amorphous $As_2Se_3$ thin film for straight conductive channel. The optical parameters of amorphous $As_2Se_3$ thin film which is a refractive index and extinction coefficient was taken by n&k thin film analyzer. He-Cd laser (wavelength: 325 nm) was selected based on these basic optical parameters. The straighten conduction channel was formed by holographic lithography method using He-Cd laser.$ Ag^+$ ions that photo-diffused periodically by holographic lithography method will be the role of straight channel patterns. The fabricated ReRAM operated more less voltage and indicated better reliability.

Improving Performance of Large Sparse Linear System Solvers On Distributed Memory Systems By Asynchronous Algorithms (비동기 알고리즘을 이용한 분산 메모리 시스템에서의 초대형 선형 시스템 해법의 성능 향상)

  • Park, Pil-Seong;Sin, Sun-Cheol
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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    • v.8A no.4
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    • pp.439-446
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    • 2001
  • The main stream of parallel programming today is using synchronous algorithms, where processor synchronization for correct computation and workload balance are essential. Overall performance of the whole system is dependent upon the performance of the slowest processor, if workload is not well-balanced or heterogeneous clusters are used. Asynchronous iteration is a way to mitigate such problems, but most of the works done so far are for shared memory systems. In this paper, we suggest and implement a parallel large sparse linear system solver that improves performance on distributed memory systems like clusters by reducing processor idle times as much as possible by asynchronous iterations.

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The Ameliorating Effect of Kyung-Ok-Go on Menopausal Syndrome Observed in Ovariectomized Animal Model (난소 절제 동물모델을 이용한 경옥고의 갱년기 증후군 개선 효과)

  • Cho, Kyungnam;Jung, Seo Yun;Bae, Ho Jung;Ryu, Jong Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.310-316
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    • 2020
  • Kyung-Ok-Go (KOK) is a traditional prescription used for debilitating natural aging and post-illness debilitation. KOK has been used in a variety of ways because it strengthens immunity, prevents illness, and helps recovery in case of illness. In particular, recent research has revealed that KOK helps improve memory and cognition. Therefore, in this study, we investigated whether KOK was effective in improving memory decline and depression-state observed during menopause. In the present study, we employed ovariectomized mouse as an animal model for measuring menopausal syndrome. The administration of KOK for 8 weeks, the object recognition memory and working memory were improved in novel object recognition test and Y-maze test. And in the forced swimming test, the immobility time were decreased. Additionally, the expression level of mature brain derived neurotropic factor (mBDNF) was increased by KOK administration in ovariectomized mouse hippocampus. These results suggested that KOK could improve cognitive decline and depression during menopausal period, and it might be come from enhancing expression level of mBDNF in hippocampus.

A Dynamic Allocation Scheme for Improving Memory Utilization in Xen (Xen에서 메모리 이용률 향상을 위한 동적 할당 기법)

  • Lee, Kwon-Yong;Park, Sung-Yong
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.147-160
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    • 2010
  • The system virtualization shows interest in the consolidation of servers for the efficient utilization of system resources. There are many various researches to utilize a server machine more efficiently through the system virtualization technique, and improve performance of the virtualization software. These researches have studied with the activity to control the resource allocation of virtual machines dynamically focused on CPU, or to manage resources in the cross-machine using the migration. However, the researches of the memory management have been wholly lacking. In this respect, the use of memory is limited to allocate the memory statically to virtual machine in server consolidation. Unfortunately, the static allocation of the memory causes a great quantity of the idle memory and decreases the memory utilization. The underutilization of the memory makes other side effects such as the load of other system resources or the performance degradation of services in virtual machines. In this paper, we suggest the dynamic allocation of the memory in Xen to control the memory allocation of virtual machines for the utilization without the performance degradation. Using AR model for the prediction of the memory usage and ACO (Ant Colony Optimization) algorithm for optimizing the memory utilization, the system operates more virtual machines without the performance degradation of servers. Accordingly, we have obtained 1.4 times better utilization than the static allocation.

Ginsenoside Rg3 Alleviates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Learning and Memory Impairments by Anti-Inflammatory Activity in Rats

  • Lee, Bombi;Sur, Bongjun;Park, Jinhee;Kim, Sung-Hun;Kwon, Sunoh;Yeom, Mijung;Shim, Insop;Lee, Hyejung;Hahm, Dae-Hyun
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.381-390
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to examine whether ginsenoside Rg3 (GRg3) could improve learning and memory impairments and inflammatory reactions induced by injecting lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into the brains of rats. The effects of GRg3 on proinflammatory mediators in the hippocampus and the underlying mechanisms of these effects were also investigated. Injection of LPS into the lateral ventricle caused chronic inflammation and produced deficits in learning in a memory-impairment animal model. Daily administration of GRg3 (10, 20, and 50 mg/kg, i.p.) for 21 consecutive days markedly improved the LPS-induced learning and memory disabilities demonstrated on the step-through passive avoidance test and Morris water maze test. GRg3 administration significantly decreased expression of pro-inflammatory mediators such as tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$, interleukin-1${\beta}$, and cyclooxygenase-2 in the hippocampus, as assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis and immunohistochemistry. Together, these findings suggest that GRg3 significantly attenuated LPS-induced cognitive impairment by inhibiting the expression of pro-inflammatory mediators in the rat brain. These results suggest that GRg3 may be effective for preventing or slowing the development of neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, by improving cognitive and memory functions due to its anti-inflammatory activity in the brain.

Phellodendron amurense and Its Major Alkaloid Compound, Berberine Ameliorates Scopolamine-Induced Neuronal Impairment and Memory Dysfunction in Rats

  • Lee, Bom-Bi;Sur, Bong-Jun;Shim, In-Sop;Lee, Hye-Jung;Hahm, Dae-Hyun
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.79-89
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    • 2012
  • We examine whether Phellodendron amurense (PA) and its major alkaloid compound, berberine (BER), improved memory defects caused by administering scopolamine in rats. Effects of PA and BER on the acetylcholinergic system and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the hippocampus were also investigated. Male rats were administered daily doses for 14 days of PA (100 and 200 mg/kg, i.p.) and BER (20 mg/kg, i.p.) 30 min before scopolamine injection (2 mg/kg, i.p.). Daily administration of PA and BER improved memory impairment as measured by the passive avoidance test and reduced the escape latency for finding the platform in the Morris water maze test. Administration of PA and BER significantly alleviated memory-associated decreases in cholinergic immunoreactivity and restored brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cAMP-response element-binding protein mRNA expression in the hippocampus. PA and BER also decreased significantly the expression of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-$1{\beta}$, tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ and cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA in the hippocampus. These results demonstrated that PA and BER had significant neuroprotective effects against neuronal impairment and memory dysfunction caused by scopolamine in rats. These results suggest that PA and BER may be useful as therapeutic agents for improving cognitive functioning by stimulating cholinergic enzyme activity and alleviating inflammatory responses.