• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.395-404
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• 2010

Purpose : The object of this study was to examine the effect of motor learning on brain activation depending on the method of motor learning. Methods : The brain activation was measured in 9 men by fMRI. The subjects were divided into the following groups depending on the method of motor learning: actually practice (AP, n=3) group, action observation (AO, n=3) group and motor imagery (MI, n=3) group. In order to examine the effect of motor learning depending on the method of motor learning, the brain activation data were measured during learning. For the investigation of brain activation, fMRI was conducted. Results : The results of brain activation measured before and during learning were as follows; (1) During learning, the AP group showed the activation in the following areas: primary motor area located in precentral gyrus, somatosensory area located in postcentral gyrus, supplemental motor area and prefrontal association area located in precentral gyrus, middle frontal gyrus and superior frontal gyrus, speech area located in superior temporal gyrus and middle temporal gyrus, Broca's area located in inferior parietal lobe and somatosensory association area of precuneus; (2) During learning, the AD groups showed the activation in the following areas: primary motor area located in precentral gyrus, prefrontal association area located in middle frontal gyrus and superior frontal gyrus, speech area and supplemental motor area located in superior temporal gyrus and middle temporal gyrus, Broca's area located in inferior parietal lobe, somatosensory area and primary motor area located in precentral gyrus of right cerebrum and left cerebrum, and somatosensory association area located in precuneus; and (3) During learning, the MI group showed activation in the following areas: speech area located in superior temporal gyrus, supplemental area, and somatosensory association area located in precuneus. Conclusion : Given the results above, in this study, the action observation was suggested as an alternative to motor learning through actual practice in serial reaction time task of motor learning. It showed the similar results to the actual practice in brain activation which were obtained using activation of mirror neuron. This result suggests that the brain activation occurred by the activation of mirror neuron, which was observed during action observation. The mirror neurons are located in primary motor area, somatosensory area, premotor area, supplemental motor area and somatosensory association area. In sum, when we plan a training program through physiotherapy to increase the effect during reeducation of movement, the action observation as well as best resting is necessary in increasing the effect of motor learning with the patients who cannot be engaged in actual practice.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.119-133
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• 1998

Attentional processes facilitate cognitive and behavioral performance in several ways. Attention serves to reduce the amount of information to receive. Attention enables humans to direct themselves to appropriate aspects of external environmental events and internal operations. Attention facilitates the selection of salient information and the allocation of cognitive processing appropriate to that information. Attention is not a unitary process that can be localized to a single neuroanatomical region. Before the cortical registration of sensory information, activation of important subcortical structures occurs, which is called as an orienting response. Once sensory information reaches the sensory cortex, a large number of perceptual processes occur, which provide various levels of perceptual resolution of the critical features of the stimuli. After this preattentional processing, information is integrated within higher cortical(heteromodal) systems in inferior parietal and temporal lobes. At this stage, the processing characteristics can be modified, and the biases of the system have a direct impact on attentional selection. Information flow has been traced through sensory analysis to a processing stage that enables the new information to be focused and modified in relation to preexisting biases. The limbic and paralimbic system play significant roles in modulating attentional response. It is labeled with affective salience and is integrated according to ongoing pressures from the motivational drive system of the hypothalamus. The salience of information greatly influences the allocation of attention. The frontal lobe operate response selection system with a reciprocal interaction with both the attention system of the parietal lobe and the limbic system. In this attentional process, the search with the spatial field is organized and a sequence of attentional responses is generated. Affective, motivational and appectitive impulses from limbic system and hypothalamus trigger response intention, preparation, planning, initiation and control of frontal lobe on this process. The reticular system, which produces ascending activation, catalyzes the overall system and increases attentional capacity. Also additional energetic pressures are created by the hypothalamus. As psychophysiological measurement, skin conductance, pupil diameter, muscle tension, heart rate, alpha wave of EEG can be used. Event related potentials also provide physiological evidence of attention during information process. NI component appears to be an electrophysiological index of selective attention. P3 response is developed during the attention related to stimulus discrimination, evaluation and response.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.81-89
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• 1990

A total of 178 patients with primary lung cancer who had undergone complete resection of the tumor in combination with complete mediastinal lymphadenectomy were reviewed at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Yonsei Medical Center from January 1980 through July 1989. Materials; 1. There were 45 men and 33 women ranging of age from 25 to 78 years with a mean age of 55.4 years. 2. Histological types were squamous carcinoma in 115 cases [64.6%] adenocarcinoma in 42 cases [23.6 %], bronchioloalveolar carcinoma in 9 cases [5.1%], large cell carcinoma in 8 cases [4.5 %] and small cell carcinoma in 4 cases [2.2%] Results were summarized as follows: 1. The size of primary tumor was not directly proportional to the frequency of mediastinal lymph node metastasis. [P =0.0567] 2. The histologic types of the primary tumor did not related to the incidence of mediastinal lymph node metastasis. [P >0.19] 3. The chance of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in the case with lung cancer located in right middle lobe[31.8%, N=22] and left lower lobe [31.4%, N=32] were the highest and the lowest was the one located in right lower lobe, while over all incidence of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in this series was 25.4 % [N=55]. 4. The rate of mediastinal lymph node metastasis without evidence of regional and hilar lymph node metastasis was 13%. [N=23] The chance of mediastinal lymph node involvement without N1 lymph node metastasis was 16.3 % [N=17] in both upper lobes and 8.2 % [N=6] in both lower lobes. It was statistically significant that the tumors in the upper lobes had greater chance of the mediastinal lymph node metastasis without N1 than the tumors in the lower lobes. 5. In this series majority of the patients with lung cancer the mediastinal lymph node metastasis from the tumor in each pulmonary lobes usually occurs via ipsilateral tracheobronchial and paratracheal lymphatic pathway. Especially the lung cancer located in lower lobes can metastasize to subcarinal, paraesophageal and inferior pulmonary ligamental lymph node through the lymphatic pathway of inferior pulmonary ligament. It can be speculated that in some cases of this series otherwise mediastinal lymph node metastasis can also occur with direct invasion to the parietal pleura and to the mediastinal lymph node via direct subpleural lymphatic pathway .

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.272-277
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• 2008

Functional MRI technique was used in this study for examining the language switching mechanisms between the first language (L1) and the second language (L2). Language switching mechanism is regarded as a complex task that involves an interaction between L1 and L2. The aim of study is to find out the brain activation patterns during the phonological process of reading real English words and English words written in Korean characters in a bilingual person. Korean-English bilingual subjects were examined while they covertly read four types of words native Korean words, Korean words of a foreign origin, English words written in Korean characters, and English words. The fMRI results reveal that the left hemispheric language-related regions at the brain, such as the left inferior frontal, superior temporal, and parietal cortices, have a greater response to the presentation of English words written in Korean characters than for the other types of words, in addition, a slight difference was observed in the occipital-temporal lobe. These results suggest that a change in the brain circuitry underlying the relational processes of language switching is mainly associated with general executive processing system in the left prefrontal cortex rather than with a similarity-based processing system in the occipital-temporal lobes.

• 인지과학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.77-93
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• 2010

본 연구는 마음이론 능력 측정 과제의 하나인 헛디딤 탐지를 수행하는데 관여하는 신경상관 영역을 확인하려는 것이었다. 기능적 자기공명영상 기법을 이용하여 헛디딤 이야기 문장과 헛디딤을 포함하지 않는 통제 이야기 문장을 제시하였을 때 나타나는 뇌 활성화 영역을 비교하였다. 양 반구의 상전두회(BA 6/9)와 설전소엽(BA 7), 좌반구의 내전두회(BA 9), 상측두회(BA 38), 하측두회(BA 20)와 우반구의 하두정소엽(BA 40), 중심후회(BA 1), 설회(BA 18), 횡전두회(BA 41) 등의 영역에서 활성화가 나타났다. 헛디딤 탐지를 하는 동안 안와전두피질과 편도의 활성화는 나타나지 않았다. 이런 결과는 마음이론과 관련된 뇌 활성화는 과제가 이끌어내는 마음상태의 유형에 달려있음을 시사한다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.64-71
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• 2016

Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the effects of osmotic-controlled release oral delivery system methylphenidate on changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Methods: A total of 26 children with ADHD (21 boys, mean age: $9.2{\pm}2.05$ years old) were recruited. Each ADHD participant was examined for changes in rCBF using technetium-99m-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime brain SPECT before and after 8 weeks methylphenidate medication. Brain SPECT images of pediatric normal controls were selected retrospectively. SPECT images of ADHD children taken before medication were compared with those of pediatric normal controls and those taken after medication using statistical parametric mapping analysis on a voxel-wise basis. Results: Before methylphenidate medication, significantly decreased rCBF in the cerebellum and increased rCBF in the right precuneus, left anterior cingulate, right postcentral gyrus, right inferior parietal lobule and right precentral gyrus were observed in ADHD children compared to pediatric normal controls (p-value<.0005, uncorrected). After medication, we observed significant hypoperfusion in the left thalamus and left cerebellum compared to pediatric normal controls (p-value<.0005, uncorrected). In the comparison between before medication and after medication, there was significant hyperperfusion in the superior frontal gyrus and middle frontal gyrus and significant hypoperfusion in the right insula, right caudate, right middle frontal gyrus, left subcallosal gyrus, left claustrum, and left superior temporal gyrus after methylphenidate medication (p-value<.0005, uncorrected). Conclusion: This study supports dysfunctions of fronto-striatal structures and cerebellum in ADHD. We suggest that methylphenidate may have some effects on the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and cerebellum in children with ADHD.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.568-580
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• 2006

이 연구에서는 예비교사들이 생물학 가설을 생성함때 나타나는 4가지 감성 생성 유형을 fMRI 이용하여 객관적이고 실증적인 두뇌 활동에 대한 정보를 조사하였다. 연구를 위해 과학교육을 전공하는 건강한 여자 대학생 10명을 대상으로 3.0T scanner를 사용하여 492초 동안 두뇌 영상을 측정하였다. 측정한 후 언어적 보고 자료를 수집하여 fMRI 영상 자료의 신뢰도를 확보하였다 언어적 보고의 분석 결과 BGP RGP에서는 10명의 피험자가 CGP와 AGP에서는 8명의 피힘자가 유의미한 과학적 감성을 생성하였다. 이들 피험자를 대상으로 SPM2 프로그램을 사용하여 fMRI 영상 자료를 통계 처리하였다. 그 결과 GPSE의 4개 유형별로 독특한 두뇌 활성화 영역들이 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 인지심리학적으로 규명된 4개의 감성 생성 과정이 두뇌에 실제로 존재한다는 것을 경생리학적으로 규명하였다는데 그 의의가 있다. 또한 과학교육에서 fMRI를 활용한 새로운 연구방법의 확립과 사례 연구를 제시하였다는데 큰 가치가 있다. 그리고 생물학가설 생성과정의 총체적 이해에 도움이될 것이다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2012

작동 기억력은 학업성취도와 높은 상관을 보이는 요인으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 정상 대학생중 학업성취도 상위군과 하위군 학생들이 시각적 작동 기억의 부호화와 인출과제를 수행함에 있어 대뇌 활성화에 어떠한 차이가 있는지를 기능적 자기공명영상법을 이용하여 알아보고자 하였다. 실험에 동의한 20명의 대학생들을 학업성취도 상위군 10명과 하위군 10명으로 나눴다. 십자가를 응시하는 휴지기와 도형을 기억하고 인출하는 활성기가 2번 반복되는 210초 프로토콜을 적용하였고, 유의수준 95%에서 두 군의 대뇌활성화 차이를 알아보았다. 부호화의 경우 작동 기억을 담당하는 양측 배측 전전두엽(BA 46)과 주의력과 관련 있는 하두정엽과 시각 연합영역에서 상위군이 하위군에 비해 높은 활성화를 보였고, 인출의 경우 우측 배측 전전두엽(BA 44)과 모양의 판단과 관련 있는 우측 방추 상회와 설상회 등에서 우세를 보였다. 반면 하위군은 부호화의 경우 대상회에서 인출의 경우 시상과 기저핵 그리고 소뇌 등에서 상위군에 비해 높은 활성화를 보였다. 결론적으로 학업성취도 상위군이 부호화의 경우 작동 기억과 주의력에 관여하는 영역에서 인출의 경우 판단에 관련된 영역에서의 활성화가 높아 하위군에 비해 효과적인 작동 기억이 이루어짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.183-192
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• 2005

This study compared cerebral lateralization index based on the area of neural activation with that based on the intensity of neural activation. For this purpose, 8 right-handed male college students (the mean age - 23.5 years) and 10 right-handed male college students (the mean age - 25.1 years) participated respectively in researches on visuospatial and verbal task brain function. Functional brain images were taken from 3T MRI using the single-shot EPI method. The result of measuring cerebral lateralization index based on the area of neural activation suggested that the right hemisphere is dominant in visuospatial tasks and the left one is in verbal tasks. However, the dominance is not sufficient to locate the exact part of the brain for these tasks. When cerebral lateralization index was computed based on the intensity of neural activation, it was derived that the area of cerebral lateralization closely related to visuospatial tasks is the superior parietal lobe, and the area of cerebral lateralization closely related to verbal tasks is the inferior and middle frontal lobes. Thus, cerebral lateralization index by area based on the intensity of neural activation as proposed by this study can determine the dominance of the cerebrum by area, so is helpful for accurate and quantitative determination of cerebral lateralization.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2023

뇌농양은 생명을 위협할 수 있는 심각한 중추신경계 감염으로 특히 소아에서는 증상이 모호하여 시의적절한 진단이 이루어지지 않는 경우가 종종 발생한다. 저자들은 면역력이 정상인 소아에서 드문 병원체에 의한 중추신경계 감염을 진단 및 치료하여 보고하는 바이다. 7년 전 심방중격결손을 진단받았고, 1달 전부터 충치 치료를 받은 과거력이 있는 10세 여아가 10일 전 발생한 두통을 주소로 입원하였다. 뇌자기공명영상에서 4.2 cm 크기의 뇌농양이 오른쪽 두정엽에서 발견되어 두개골절개술과 농양 흡인을 시행하였다. 흡인된 농과 조직에서 Aggregatibacter aphrophilus가 배양되었고, 16S rRNA sequencing에서 Actinomyces georgiae가 확인되어 ampicillin-sulbactam을 8주간 투여하였다. 수술 및 항균요법으로 환자의 증상이 호전되었고, 추적한 뇌자기공명영상에서 농양과 부종도 호전되어 치료를 종료하였다.