• 한국동물학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.209-222
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• 1993

The present study attempts to explore the first appearance 8nd subsequent development of %cosine hvdroxvlase (TH)-containing neurons in the rat brain from embryonic day (E) 10.5 to the neonate. To increase the senti노ivity and resolution power, a double bridge peroxidase-anti-peroxidase technique was employed for cellular localization of TH. In situ hybridization histochemistw with synthetic TH oligomer (30-mer) codinB TH was also used to detect TH mRNA. TH-containing neurons were first detected at E11.5 in the intermediate zone of prosencepha1on and mesencephalon. At this stage, TH-immunoreactive neurons were small, ovoid bee and emitted their fibres into their immediate surroundings. From this stage, TH-immunoreactive neurons increased in their number and underwent migration and cell differentiation. At E15.5, the distribution pattern of the maior groups of TH neurons was similar to that of adult catecholaminergic groups, and at E19.5 the external laver of median eminence showed TH-immunoreactive processes.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.383-391
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• 1995

출산 전후의 황점볼락 및 조피볼락 어미의 뇌 조직에서 GtH 분비를 자극하는 신경호르몬으로 알려진 NPY를 검출하기 위해, 면역조직화학을 실시하고 뇌하수체내 GtH 분비세포의 활성을 서로 비교하였다. 두 어종 모두에서 뇌 조직중 NPY 양성반응을 나타내는 세포는 후각망울, 종뇌 및 중뇌에서, 신경섬유는 후각망울, 종뇌, 시각신경, 시상하부, 중뇌 및 시각엽에서 각각 관찰되었다. 뇌하수체내에서 NPY 양성반응을 나타내는 신경섬유는 성숙에 관계없이 두 어종 모두 앞원위부분의 AF 음성세포에 인접한 신경엽에 분포하였고, 성장 및 성숙기의 난모세포를 가진 어체에서는 앞원위부분의 신경엽과 중간원위부분의 GtH 분비세포에 인접한 신경엽에서 관찰되었다. 뇌하수체내의 GtH 분비세포는 출산전의 황점볼락 및 성숙기의 조피볼락 개체에서는 AF 염색성이 약했으나, 출산후 황점볼락 및 조피볼락의 GtH 분비세포는 출산전 및 성숙기에 비해 AF 염색성이 증가하였다. 두 어종에서 출산전 난소를 가진 개체들의 GtH 분비세포와 핵경의 크기는 출산후(황점볼락)이거나 출산 이후 휴지기의 난소를 가진 개체(조피볼락) 보다 유의하게 컸다(P<0.01).

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2018

Pathological laughing and crying (PLC) is a condition defined by relatively uncontrollable episodes of laughter, crying or both. PLC is an uncommon symptom usually caused by cerebral lesions. Midbrain involvement causing PLC is extremely unusual and the exact mechanism by which this condition develops is poorly understood. We recently experienced a 51-year-old woman who were diagnosed as PLC after midbrain infarction. She was treated by acupuncture, pulsed electromagnetic therapy (PEMT). After 6 weeks treatment, Pathological Laughter and Crying Scale (PLACS), Korean version of the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (K-SARA) are decreased and Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) is increased. Treatment of traditional Korean Medicine could be effective for stoke rehabilitation including post-stroke PLC. And we have considered mechanism of PLC associated with midbrain lesion, dysfunction of cortex-thalamus-hypothalamus-basal ganglia-mesencephalon and faciorespiratory nuclei pathways, cerebro-ponto-cerebellar pathways and damaged serotonergic neurotransmission can cause this based on recent neurobiology of emotion. To define exact mechanism and find effective treatment, further studies are needed.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.497-505
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• 1997

Dopamine plays diverse roles in the fetal brain development and differentiation. However, the development of the dopaminergic neurons and its receptors has not been fully understood. In our studies, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical methods were used to investigate the ontogeny of dopaminergic neurons and its receptor subtypes during the fetal development of the rat. In situ hybridization data showed that dopamine $D_1$ and $D_2$ receptor mRNAs were expressed in the ventricular and subventricular zones of ganglionic eminence, thalamus, hypothalamus, and cortical neuroepithelium on gestational day 13. Expression of dopamine $D_1$ and $D_2$ receptors during gestational days 17 and 19 reached the same or similar level of that in the adult brain. Expression of $D_1$ receptor mRNA preceded that of $D_2$ receptor mRNA in the early developmental stage, although this pattern was reversed with the sharp increase of $D_2$ receptor mRNA soon after. $D_2$ receptor mRNA was expressed in substantia nigra of mesencephalon of the fetal rat brain. However, $D_1$ receptor mRNA was not detected in substantia nigra. Our results indicate that dopamine might function in the fetal brain during the early gestational period.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 기능적 자기공명영상을 이용하여 온라인 게임 중독의 특징을 분석하였다. 연구대상은 20대 오른손잡이 남자 대학생 6명이며, 온라인 게임 자극을 제시하면서 기능적 자기공명영상을 획득하였다. 획득한 자기공명영상은 SPM5를 사용하여 영상 처리와 통계적 분석을 하였다, 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 온라인 게임 자극이 BA18 영역의 활성화로 이어지며, BA18 영역의 활성화 강도와 중독지수와 상관계수는 .92로 매우 높은 상관관계를 나타냈다. 둘째, 피험자들의 중독지수와 중뇌 영역 활성화 강도의 상관계수는 .75로 높은 상관관계를 나타냈다. 즉, 중독 지수가 높은 피험자들의 뇌는 온라인 게임자극에 의해 중뇌영역의 활성화 강도도 높게 나타났다. 영상의 해석을 통하여 온라인 게임자극이 피험자들에게 시각적 자극으로 처리되어지며, 중독지수가 높은 피험자일수록 뇌에서 온라인 게임 자극이 적극적으로 처리된다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 온라인 게임 자극이 중뇌변연계를 활성화시키는 것을 확인함으로써 뇌에서 일반적인 중독과 온라인 게임 중독의 작용 기전을 비교할 수 있는 기반을 마련하였다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.479-487
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• 1997

The present study was carried out to localize the central nuclei innervating the rat colon using pseudorabies virus-Bartha strain which has been known as a very useful neurotracer. The results were as follows. The central nuclei innervating the proximal colon were premotor area, subfornical organ, preoptic area in telencephalon, and paraventricular nucleus, bed nucleus of stria terminalis, retrochiasmatic area in the diencephalon, and periaqueductal gray, Edinger-Westphal nucleus, tegmental nucleus in the mesencephalon, and parabrachial nucleus, locus ceruleus, A5 area, $K{\ddot{o}}lliker$-Fuse nucleus, magnocellular reticular nucleus in the metencephalon, and nucleus tractus solitarius, A1 noradrenergic cell group, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve, nucleus ambiguus, area postrema in the myelencephalon. In the spinal cord, the thoracic division had some nuclei innervating the proximal colon. The nuclei innervating the distal colon were paraventricular nucleus of the diencephalon, Edinger-Westphal nucleus of midbrain, and parabrachial nucleus, locus ceruleus, A5 area, $K{\ddot{o}}lliker$-Fuse nucleus, magnocellular reticular nucleus of the metencephalon, and nucleus tractus solitarius, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve, nucleus ambiguus, area postrema in the myelencephalon. In the spinal cord, thoracic, lumbar and sacral division innervated the distal colon.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.165-177
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• 1995

Dissociated cell cultures from rat embryonic ventral mesencephalon were used to evaluate the mechanisms of $MPP^+$ neurotoxicity. The cells were treated with MPTP or $MPP^+$ and the viability of the cells was assessed biochemically; tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity, protein, intracellular ATP and lactate content and lipid peroxidation. Also the generation of the intracellular oxidants was measured after loading 2', 7‘-dichlorofluorescin diacetate to the cells. When cultures were exposed to 0.1 mM $MPP^+$, at 2 hour incubation lactate was significantly accumulated in the cells and then the intracellular ATP content and TH immunoreactivity were decreased dose- and time-dependently. But, malondialdehyde as an index for lipid peroxidation was not changed even though the generation of the intracellular oxidants was stimulated by the addition of $MPP^+$. On the other hand, 1 mM MPTP significantly reduced the TH immunoreactivity at 24 hour exposure without any change in the intracellular A TP, lactate and MDA content until 6 hour exposure. And also MPTP inhibited the generation of the intracellular oxidants from control cells and $MPP^+$ exposed cells. These results indicate that cytotoxicity of $MPP^+$ is mediated by inhibiting the mitochondrial energy metabolism rather than generating the intracellular oxidants. And MPTP would have direct action in addition to conveting to the toxic metabolite, $MPP^+$ to exert the toxicity on the dopaminergic neurons.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.176-184
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• 2021

Background: Diabetes-related neuropathic pain frequently occurs, and the underpinning mechanism remains elusive. The periaqueductal gray (PAG) exhibits descending inhibitory effects on central pain transmission. The current work aimed to examine whether inflammatory cytokines regulate mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia induced by diabetes through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in the PAG. Methods: Streptozotocin (STZ) was administered intraperitoneally to mimic allodynia and hyperalgesia evoked by diabetes in rats. Behavioral assays were carried out for determining mechanical pain and thermal hypersensitivity. Immunoblot and ELISA were performed to examine PAG protein amounts of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), as well as their corresponding receptors in STZ rats, and the expression of PI3K/protein kinase B (Akt)/mTOR signaling effectors. Results: Increased PAG p-PI3K/p-Akt/p-mTOR protein amounts were observed in STZ-induced animals, a PI3K-mTOR pathway inhibition in the PAG attenuated neuropathic pain responses. Moreover, the PAG concentrations of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α and their receptors (namely, IL-1R, IL-6R, and tumor necrosis factor receptor [TNFR] subtype TNFR1, respectively) were increased in the STZ rats. Additionally, inhibiting IL-1R, IL-6R, and TNFR1 ameliorated mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in STZ rats, alongside the downregulation of PI3K-mTOR signaling. Conclusions: Overall, the current study suggests that upregulated proinflammatory cytokines and their receptors in the PAG activate PI3K-mTOR signaling, thereby producing a de-inhibition effect on descending pathways in modulating pain transmission, and eventually contributing to neuropathic pain.