• BMB Reports
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.3-4
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• 2018

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating disorder resulting from loss of dopamine neurons. In dopamine deficient state, the basal ganglia increases inhibitory synaptic outputs to the thalamus. This increased inhibition by the basal ganglia output is known to reduce firing rate of thalamic neurons that relay motor signals to the motor cortex. This 'rate model' suggests that the reduced excitability of thalamic neurons is the key for inducing motor abnormalities in PD patients. We reveal that in response to inhibition, thalamic neurons generate rebound firing at the end of inhibition. This rebound firing increases motor cortical activity and induces muscular responses that triggers Parkinsonian motor dysfunction. Genetic and optogenetic intervention of the rebound firing prevent motor dysfunction in a mouse model of PD. Our results suggest that inhibitory synaptic mechanism mediates motor dysfunction by generating rebound excitability in the thalamocortical pathway.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.73-83
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• 1986

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the distortion of 6-unit etched bridge during the firing cycle. Thirty frameworks were constructed. Twenty of the frameworks received a normal application of porcelain and firing sequence ; ten served as controls and subjected to the same firing sequence without the porcelain application. The results were as follows ; 1. Distortion did occur in the body of curved, long-span etched bridge frameworks during the porcelain firing cycle. 2. This distortion was a result of changes in the metal as well as the contraction of fired porcelain. 3. The greatest distortional changes occurred during the degassing stage and final glaze stage of the porcelain firing cycle. 4. Distortion incurred by the application and firing of the porcelain was reversible. When the porcelain was chemically removed from the frameworks, there was an elastic rebound. 5. Distortion was clinically important.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2000

Substantia nigra is known to highly express glibenclamide binding site, a protein associated to ATP-sensitive $K^{+}$ ($K_{ATP}$) channel in the brain. However, the functional expression of $K_{ATP}$ channels in the area is not yet known. In this work, we attempted to estimate the functional expression of $K_{ATP}$ channels in neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNC) in young rats using slice patch clamp technique. Membrane properties and whole cell currents attributable to $K_{ATP}$ channel were examined by the current and voltage clamp method, respectively. In SNC, two sub-populations of neurons were identified. Type I (rhythmic) neurons had low frequency rebound action potentials ($4.5{\pm}0.25Hz$, n=75) with rhythmic pattern. Type II (phasic) neurons were characterized by faster firing ($22.7{\pm}3.16Hz$, n=12). Both time constants and membrane capacitance in rhythmic neurons ($34.0{\pm}1.27$ ms, $270.0{\pm}11.83$ pF) and phasic neurons ($23.7{\pm}4.16$ ms, $184{\pm}35.2$ pF) were also significantly different. The current density of $K_{ATP}$ channels was $6.1{\pm}1.47$ pA/pF (2.44~15.43 pA/pF, n=8) at rhythmic neurons of young rats. Our data show that in SNC there are two types of neurons with different electrical properties and the density of $K_{ATP}$, channel of rhythmic neuron is about 600 channels per neuron.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.317-338
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• 2022

근대건축으로 알려진 조선통감부 자리의 콘크리트와 토관 및 벽돌을 대상으로 3시기로 세분하여 물리화학적 특성과 평가를 검토하였다. 콘크리트는 모두 비슷한 가비중과 흡수율을 보였으며 다량의 골재와 석영, 장석, 방해석 및 포틀란다이트가 검출되었다. 벽돌의 공극률은 1907년의 것이 1910년 및 1950년 벽돌보다 높았다. 토관도 유사하나 초기의 것이 보다 치밀한 것으로 나타났다. 벽돌과 토관은 암적색에서 암갈색을 띠며 많은 균열과 기공이 관찰되나, 상대적으로 토관의 기질이 균질하다. 벽돌에서는 석영, 장석 및 적철석이 검출되었으며, 토관에서는 석영 및 장석과 뮬라이트가 확인되는 것으로 보아, 모두 1,000~1,100℃의 소성온도를 거친 것으로 해석된다. 콘크리트는 유사한 CaO 함량을 보이나, 벽돌과 토관은 1907년 시료에서 SiO₂는 낮고 Al₂O₃가 높다. 그러나 이들은 유사한 지구화학적 거동특성을 갖는 등 성인적 동질성이 높다. 콘크리트 기초의 초음파속도와 반발경도는 잔존상태에 따라 다르나 물성은 다소 낮았다. 이를 일축압축강도로 환산하면 1차 증축구역이 평균 45.30 및 46.33 kgf/cm²로 가장 높고, 2차 증축구역이 가장 낮은 평균치(20.05 및 24.76 kgf/cm²)를 보였다. 특히 CaO 함량과 흡수율이 작을수록 초음파속도와 반발경도가 높았다. 조선통감부 건축에 활용한 콘크리트는 시기별로 비슷한 배합특성과 비교적 일정한 규격이 있었던 것으로 보인다. 벽돌과 토관은 거의 동일한 점토질 원료를 사용하여 유사한 제작과정을 거친 것으로 해석된다.