• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1463-1467
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• 2003

In the present study, the effects of Ginseng radix and Ophiopogonis tuber on field potentials in rat hippocampal slices and cardiac muscle slices were investigated by multi-channel extracellular recording using MED64 system. The field potentials in the brain slices represent synaptic transmission and nerve excitability, and the field potentials in heart muscles represent muscle contractility. The present results show that the aqueous extract of Ginseng radix enhanced field potentials in the both hippocampal slices and cardiac muscle slices. In contrast, the aqueous extract Ophiopogonis tuber exerted no significant effect on the field potentials in the hippocampal slices and cardiac muscle slices. These results suggest the possibility that Yin-Yang theory could be studied in relation with excitability in neurons and muscles.

• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.181-185
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to find out the relationship between sleep physiological signals data and subjective feeling of sleep quality. Sixteen subjective were investigated and they slept on both comfortable mattress and uncomfortable mattress. Information of sleep stage is one of the most important clues for sleep quality. Polysomnography is basically the recording of sleep. The several channels of brain waves (EEG), eyes (EOG), chin movements (EMG) and heart (ECG) were monitored. Sixteen subjects spent 6 days and nights in the laboratory and the data of sleeping 7h for each of 3 nights was analyzed. Percentage of deep sleep (III and IV, sleep efficiency, WASO, stage 1 and subjective feeling of sleep quality were significantly affected with mattress types (comfortable and uncomfortable mattress). When subjects slept on comfortable beds, percentage of deep sleep and sleep efficiency were higher than those of uncomfortable bed. The percentages of wake after sleep onset and stage 1 were lower when subject slept in a comfortable bed. The subjective feeling of sleep quality agreed with the recorded sleep data also.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.3-16
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• 1998

동물에서 전기현상은 1773년 최초로 발견되었으며, 최근에는 이론과 기술적 면에서의 현저한 발전으로 뇌기능의 기전을 밝히는 도구로서, 또한 심리적 과정에 근저한 행동 및 신경생리학적 기전을 규명하는데 유용하게 사용되고 있을 뿐만아니라 치료적 목적으로도 사용되고 있다. 저자는 뇌와 행동의 기전을 연구하는 한 방법으로서 신경생리학적 접근에 흔히 사용되는 기본적인 기법을 간략히 정리해 보았다. 여기서는 주로 전기생리학적 기법에 중점을 둘 것이나, 병소화와 자극의 부위를 확인하는데 필요한 신경해부학적 기법에 대해서도 간단히 언급하였다. 실험동물의 선택, 실험동물의 관리, 실험동물의 마취에 있어서 약물투여의 원칙, 투여경로 및 용량 등 동물실험에 있어서 기본적으로 알아야할 사항에 대해서 실제적으로 언급하였다. 전기생리학적 실험에 필요한 정위법, 비선택적 및 선택적 병소화 기법, 전기적 자극법(일반적인 방법, 세포외 및 세포내 자극, 미세자극법, 뇌의 심부자극), 측정 및 기록을 위한 제반 기법을 소개하고 실예를 보여주며, 조직학적인 부위 확인을 위해 필요한 일연의 과정으로서 심장내관류법과 흔히 사용되는 신경계의 염색법에 대해서 간략히 설명하였다. 또한 기능상의 변화를 측정하는데 필요한 행동검사의 종류도 언급하였다. 신경생리학적 연구 방법은 뇌와 행동의 관계를 밝히는데 널리 사용되고 있다. 저자는 신경생리학적 동물실험에 많이 쓰이고 있는 기법으로서 정위법, 병소만들기, 전기적 자극, 측정 및 기록, 조직학적 부위 확인 등 일연의 과정에 대해 간략히 설명하였다. 그러나 이러한 연구의 결과는 신경화학적 연구, 기능을 점검해 볼 수 있는 행동학적 연구로서 보완이 될 때에 믿을만한 결론을 도출해 낼 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.845-851
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• 2010

Purpose: Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) has been widely used to treat short stature. However, there are some concerns that growth hormone treatment may induce skeletal maturation and early onset of puberty. In this study, we investigated whether rhGH can directly affect the neuronal activities of of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Methods: We performed brain slice gramicidin-perforated current clamp recording to examine the direct membrane effects of rhGH on GnRH neurons, and a whole-cell voltage-clamp recording to examine the effects of rhGH on spontaneous postsynaptic events and holding currents in immature (postnatal days 13-21) and adult (postnatal days 42-73) mice. Results: In immature mice, all 5 GnRH neurons recorded in gramicidin-perforated current clamp mode showed no membrane potential changes on application of rhGH (0.4, $1{\mu}g/mL$). In adult GnRH neurons, 7 (78%) of 9 neurons tested showed no response to rhGH ($0.2-1{\mu}g/mL$) and 2 neurons showed slight depolarization. In 9 (90%) of 10 immature neurons tested, rhGH did not induce any membrane holding current changes or spontaneous postsynaptic currents (sPSCs). There was no change in sPSCs and holding current in 4 of 5 adult GnRH neurons. Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that rhGH does not directly affect the GnRH neuronal activities in our experimental model.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.296-308
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• 2021

뇌파검사는 뇌전증을 가장 정확하고 빠르게 진단한다. 또한 뇌의 기능과 발작을 장소의 구애를 받지 않으면서 실시간으로 평가할 수 있는 중요한 검사이다. 뇌전증 분야에서는 뇌파검사지식과 임상경험이 많은 임상병리사가 PA를 하는 것이 적합하다. 전극 부착 방법은 국제 표준 10-20법을 기반으로 한다. 뇌파 판독은 주로 LB몽타주로 판독한다. 하지만 한 가지 몽타주만 이용하여 판독하는 것은 오류를 범할 수 있기 때문에, 상황에 맞게 2개 이상의 몽타주를 병용해서 판독한다. 뇌파에서 전위는 등고선의 형태로 보인다. 뇌파 진단에서 가장 중요한 원리는 과잉 판독이 아닌 과소 판독이다. 뇌파를 반복해서 기록할수록 더욱 민감하게 판독할 수 있다. 좋은 뇌파 판독을 위해서는 양질의 좋은 뇌파가 기록되어야 한다. 그러기 위해선 신경과 의사와 뇌파 기사의 관계가 매우 중요하다. 앞으로는 많은 판독 경험과 임상적 실무지식을 갖춘 임상병리사의 활동영역이 좀 더 확대되길 기대한다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.356-362
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• 2019

Scutellaria baicalensis (SB) has widely used in the treatment for various brain diseases in the field of Oriental medicine. Biofermantation of SB can make major chemical constituents of SB to pass blood-brain barrier easily and to have more potent anti-oxidant ability. There is a little information about the contribution of fermented SB (FSB) to the formation or maintenance of the neural plasticity in the hippocampus. The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of FSB extract on hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) - induced impairments of the induction and maintenance of long-term potentiation (LTP), an electrophysiological marker for the neural plasticity in the hippocampus. From hippocampal slices of rats, the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) were evoked by the electrical stimulation to the Schaffer collaterals - commissural fibers in the CA1 areas and LTP by theta-burst stimulation by using 64 - channels in vitro multi-extracellular recording system. In order to induce oxidative stress to hippocampal slices two different concentrations (200, 400 μM) of H₂O₂ were given to the perfused aCSF before and after the LTP induction, respectively. The ethanol extract of FBS with concentration of 25 ㎍/ml, 50 ㎍/ml was diluted in perfused aCSF that had 200 μM H₂O₂, respectively. Oxidative stress by the treatment of H₂O₂ resulted in decrease of the induction rate of LTP in the CA1 area with a dose - dependent manner. However, the ethanol extract of FSB prevented the reduction of the induction rate of LTP caused by H₂O₂ - induced oxidative stress with a dose - dependent manner. These results may support a potential application of FSB to ameliorate impairments of hippocampal dependent neural plasticity or memory caused by oxidative stress.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2014

Objective : The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and clinical efficacy of motor evoked potential (MEP) monitoring for supratentorial tumor surgery. Methods : Between 2010 and 2012, to prevent postoperative motor deterioration, MEP recording after transcranial stimulation was performed in 84 patients with supratentorial brain tumors (45 males, 39 females; age range, 24-80 years; median age, 58 years). MEP monitoring results were correlated with postoperative motor outcome compared to preoperative motor status. Results : MEP recordings were stable in amplitude (<50% reduction in amplitude) during surgery in 77 patients (91.7%). No postoperative motor deficit was found in 66 out of 77 patients with stable MEP amplitudes. However, postoperative paresis developed in 11 patients. False negative findings were associated with edema in peri-resectional regions and postoperative bleeding in the tumor bed. MEP decrease in amplitude (>50%) occurred in seven patients (8.3%). However, no deficit occurred postoperatively in four patients following preventive management during the operation. Three patients had permanent paresis, which could have been associated with vascular injury during tumor resection. Conclusions : MEP monitoring during supratentorial tumor surgery is feasible and safe. However, false negative MEP results associated with postoperative events may occur in some patients. To achieve successful monitoring, collaboration between surgeon, anesthesiologist and an experienced technician is mandatory.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2005

Striatum is involved in the control of movement and habitual memory. It receives glutamatergic input from wide area of the cerebral cortex as well as an extensive serotonergic (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) input from the raphe nuclei. In our study, the effects of 5-HT on synaptic transmission were studied in the rat corticostriatal brain slice using in vitro whole-cell recording technique. 5-HT inhibited the amplitude as well as frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSC) significantly, and neither ${\gamma}-aminobutyric$ acid (GABA)A receptor antagonist bicuculline (BIC), nor $N-methyl-_{D}-aspartate$ (NMDA) receptor antagonist, $_{DL}-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric$ acid (AP-V) could block the effect of 5-HT. In the presence non-NMDA receptor antagonist, 2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenxo[f] quinoxaline-7-sulfonamide (NBQX), the inhibitory effect of 5-HT was blocked. We also figured out that 5-HT change the channel kinetics of the sEPSC. There was a significant increase in the rise time during the 5-HT application. Our results suggest that 5-HT has an effect on both pre- and postsynaptic site with decreasing neurotransmitter release probability of glutamate and decreasing the sensitivity to glutamate by increasing the rise time of non-NMDA receptor mediated synaptic transmission in the corticostriatal synapses.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.263-268
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• 2005

Striatum has important roles in motor control, habitual learning and memory. It receives glutamatergic inputs from neocortex and thalamus, and dopaminergic inputs from substantia nigra. We examined effects of dopamine (DA) on the corticostriatal synaptic transmission using in vitro extracellular recording technique in rat brain corticostriatal slices. Synaptic responses were elicited by stimulation of cortical glutamatergic inputs on the corpus callosum and recorded in the dorsal striatum. Corticostriatal population spike (PS) amplitudes were decreased ($39.4{\pm}7.9$%) by the application of $100{\mu}M$ DA. We applied receptor subtype specific agonists and antagonists and characterized the modulation of corticostriatal synaptic transmission by different DA receptor subtypes. $D_2$ receptor agonist (quinpirole), antagonist (sulpiride), and $D_1$ receptor antagonist (SKF 83566), but not $D_1$ receptor agonist (SKF 38393), induced significantly the reduction of striatal PS. Pretreatment neither with SKF 83566 nor sulpiride significantly affected corticostriatal synaptic inhibition by DA. However, the inhibition of DA was completely blocked by pretreatment with mixed solution of both SKF 83566 and sulpiride. These results suggest that DA inhibits corticostriatal synaptic transmission through both $D_1$ and $D_2$ receptors in concert with each other.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 1998

Background: The present study was conducted to investigate effects of microinjection of bicuculline, GABA-A receptor antagonist, into the brain stem nuclei on the dorsal horn neuron responsiveness in rats with an experimental peripheral neuropathy. Methods: An experimental neuropathy was induced by a unilateral ligation of L5~L6 spinal nerves of rats. After 2~3 weeks after the surgery, single-unit recording was made from wide dynamic range (WDR) neurons in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Results: Responses of WDR neurons to both noxious and innocuous mechanical stimuli applied to the somatic receptive fields were enhanced on the nerve injured side. These enhanced responsiveness of WDR neurons were suppressed by microinjection of bicuculline into periaqueductal gray(PAG) or nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis(Gi). A similar suppression was also observed when morphine was microinjected into PAG or Gi. Suppressive action by Gi-bicuculline was reversed by naloxonazine, ${\mu}$-opioid receptor antagonist, microinjected into PAG whereas PAG-bicuculline induced suppression was not affected by naloxonazine injection into Gi. Gi-bicuculline induced suppression were reversed by a transection of dorsolateral funiculus(DLF) of the spinal cord. Conclusions: The results suggest that endogenous opioids, via acting on GABAergic interneurons in PAG and Gi, may be involved in the control of neuropathic pain by activating the descending inhibitory pathways that project to the spinal dorsal horn through DLF to inhibit the responsiveness of WDR neurons.