• Applied Microscopy
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.61-77
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• 1994

The calcium-binding proteins (CaBP), parvalbumin (PV) and calbindin-D 28K (calbindin) are particularly abundant and specific in their distribution, and present in different subsets of neurons in many brain regions. Although their physiological roles in the neurons have not been elucidated, they are valuable markers of neuronal subpopulations for anatomical and developmental studies. This study is designed to characterize dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) neurons and axon terminals in terms of differential expression of immunoreactivity (IR) for two well-known CaBPs, PV and calbindin. The experiments were carried out on 6 adult monkeys. Monkeys were perfused under deep Nembutal anesthesia with 2% paraformaldehyde and 0.2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1M phosphate buffer. After removal, the brains were postfixed for 6-8 hr in 2% paraformaldehyde at $4^{\circ}C$ and infiltrated with 30% sucrose at $4^{\circ}C$. Thereafter, they were frozen in dry ice. Serial sections of the thalamus, at $20{\mu}m$, were made in the frontal plane with a sliding microtome. The sections were stained for PV and calbindin with indirect immunocytochemical methods. For electron microscopy, after infiltration with 30% sucrose the blocks of thalamus were serially sectioned at $50{\mu}m$ with a Vibratome in the coronal plane and stained immediately by indirect ABC methods without Triton X-100 in incubation medium. Stained sections were postfixed in 0.2% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated and flat-embedded in Spurr resin. The block was then trimmed to contain only a selected lamina or interlaminar space. The dLGN proper showed strong PV IR in fibers in all laminae and interlaminar zones. Particularly dense staining was noted in layers 1 and 2 that contain many stained fibers from optic tract. Neuronal cell body stained with PV was concentrated only in the laminae. In these laminae staining was moderate in cell bodies of all large and medium-sized neurons, and was strong in cell bodies of some small neurons together with their processes. Calbindin IR was marked in the neuronal cell body and neuropil in the S layers and interlaminar zones whereas moderate in the neuropil throughout the nucleus. Regional difference in distribution of PV and calbindin IR cell is distinct; the former is only in the laminae and the latter in both the S layer and interlaminar space. The CaBP-IR elements were confined to about $10{\mu}m$ in depth of Vibratome section. The IR product for CaBP was mainly associated with synaptic vesicle, pre- and post-synaptic membrane, and outer mitochondrial membrane and along microtubule. PV-IR was noted in various neuronal elements such as neuronal soma, dendrite, RLP, F, PSD and some myelinated or unmyelinated axons, and was not seen in the RSD and glial cells. Only a few neuronal components in dLGN was IR for calbindin and its reaction product was less dense than that of PV, and scattered throughout cytoplasm of soma of some relay neurons, and was also persent in some dendrite, myelinated axons and RLP. The RSD, F, PSD and glial elements were always non-IR for calbindin. Calbindin labelled RLP were presynaptic to unlabeled dendrite or dendritic spine and PSD. Calbindin-labeled dendrite of various sizes were always postsynaptic to unlabeled RSD, RLP or F. From this study it is suggested that dLGN cells of different functional systems and their differential projection to the visual cortex can be distinguished by differential expression of PV and calbindin.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2007

C-shape 근관은 주로 하악 제 2대구치에서 보이는 해부학적 변이 형태로서, 그 특징은 각 근관을 연결하는 fin이나 web이 존재한다. 이런 해부학적으로 복잡함은 근관치료시에 세정과 성형 및 근관충전을 방해하며, 과다한 기구 조작시에 뜻하지 않는 천공을 유발하기도 한다. 이 연구의 목적은 C-shape 치근을 가진 하악 제2 대구치의 해부학적인 형태와 치근의 위치에 따른 최소 근관벽 두께에 대하여 연구하고자 하였다. 발거된 하악 대구치중 C-shape 치근을 가진 치아를 30개 선별하여 방사선 사진 및 협측, 설측, 치근단 부위를 디지털 카메라를 이용하여 촬영하였다. 자가 중합형 교정용 레진 (Orthodontics resin, Densply/Caulk, U.S.A)을 이용하여 치관부를 제거한 치아를 매몰한 후 각각의 시편을 Accutom-50 (Struers, Denmark)에 고정시켜 1 mm 간격으로 절단, 연마한 다음 절단면을 수술용현미경에 연결된 디지털 카메라 (Coolpix 995, Nikon, Tokyo, Japan)를 이용하여 각각의 상을 촬영하였다. 30개 치아에서 촬영한 197개의 치아단면을 Root thickness gauge program을 이용하여 근관형태의 변화를 분류하고 부위별 근관과 치아외벽 사이에 존재하는 상아질의 최소두께에 대해 연구 분석하였다. 1. 근관입구에서 C I이 가장 많이 (73%) 관찰되었으나 치근단부로 갈수록 근관 형태의 다양한 변화를 보여 C II와 C III의 근관형태가 많이 관찰되었으며, 11 개의 (36%)치아에서는 근관입구에서 치근단부까지 근관형태의 변화를 보이지 않았다. 근관입구에서 단지 2개의 치아에서 나타난 C III type은 치근단부로 갈수록 높은 발현빈도를 나타내었다. 2. C-shape 근관은 근관입구 부위에서는 continuous 나 semicolon canal을 가지나 치근단부로 갈수록 2개나 3개의 근관을 갖는 경우가 많다. 3.평균적인 근관과 치질사이의 최소거리는 근첨부의 설측부위에서 나타났다.