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라벤더 향 자극에 대한 EEG 생체신호의 비선형 분석 (A Study on EEG bionic signals management for using the non-linear analysis methods)

  • 강근;안광민;이형
    • 한국정보기술응용학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보기술응용학회 2002년도 추계공동학술대회 정보환경 변화에 따른 신정보기술 패러다임
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    • pp.461-467
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    • 2002
  • 뇌에서 얻은 시계열 신호들은 대부분 불규칙하고 복잡한 파형을 가지고 있으며, 1980년대 중반까지만 해도 이러한 신호들은 확률론 과정(stochastic process)으로 발생된 '소음'(noise)으로 여겨졌다. 하지만 최근 들어 뇌에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되었고 EEG를 이용한 생체신호의 비선형분석에 관한 연구가 진행되면서 뇌에서 발생되는 신호는 의미 있는 신호로 분석되어지고 있다. 이에 비선형 분석방법인 상관차원을 이용하여 라벤더 향기 전과 향기 후의 뇌파의 변화를 분석하고, 주파수 대역별로 delta파, theta파, alpha파, beta파로 나누어서 라벤더 향이 뇌에 미치는 영향을 분석한다. 즉, 뇌에서 발생되는 신호의 특징을 찾기 위해 다른 향보다 강하게 반응하는 라벤더 향을 후각자극으로 제시하여 EEG를 측정한 후, 16채널에 대한 상관차원을 구하고 라벤더 향이 뇌에 미치는 영향을 분석한다.

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정신질환에서 뇌영상의 이해와 전망 (Understanding of Neuroimaging and Its Perspectives in Mental Illnesses)

  • 김재진;한기완;이정석;최수희
    • 생물정신의학
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.5-14
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    • 2011
  • Neuroimaging in psychiatry encompasses the powerful tools available for the in vivo study of brain structure and function. MRI including the volumetry, voxel-base morphometry(VBM) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) are useful for assessing brain structure, whereas function MRI, positron emission tomography(PET) and magnetoencephalography(MEG) are well established for probing brain function. These tools are well tolerated by the vast majority of psychiatric patients because they provide a powerful but noninvasive means to directly evaluate the brain. Although neuroimaging technology is currently used only to rule in or rule out general medical conditions as opposed to diagnosing primary mental disorders, it may be used to confirm or make psychiatric diagnoses in the future. In addition, neuroimaging may be valuable for predicting the natural course of psychiatric illness as well as treatment response.

Assembly of chemically reduced graphene oxide with folic acid functionalized with pyrene moieties and electrochemical sensing of folate receptors

  • Kwon, Binhee;Park, Jongyeap;Jeong, Woojun;Jeong, Guembi;Ryu, Hyeong Seon;Paoprasert, Peerasak;Park, Sung Young;In, Insik
    • Carbon letters
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    • 제27권
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 2018
  • To formulate folate receptor (FR)-specific graphene-based electrochemical electrodes, a folic acid (FA) derivative attached with two pyrene molecules on the glutamate tail of FA was synthesized. The resulting pyrene-functionalized FA (FA-Py) presented the spontaneous noncovalent binding on chemically reduced graphene oxides (rGO) through an ${\pi}-{\pi}$ interaction. Ultrathin morphology, high water-resistance, and preservation of intact FR-specific pteroates from the rGO/FA-Py assembly allow this assembly to be exploited as robust and FR-specific electrochemical electrode materials. The limits of detecting rGO/FA-Py modified electrodes were found to be as low as 3.07 nM in FR concentrations in cyclic voltammetry analysis.

Brain PET에서 Truncated Region에 의한 영상의 질 평가 (Evaluation of Image Quality Change by Truncated Region in Brain PET/CT)

  • 이홍재;도용호;김진의
    • 핵의학기술
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.68-73
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    • 2015
  • PET/CT 검사 시 검사 부위에 따라 적절한 액세서리의 사용이 권고되고 있다. 그 중 brain 검사에서 사용되는 액세서리인 brain holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 CT의 small FOV에 의하여 whole pallet이 AC-CT에 cover되지 않으며, 이에 따른 truncated region에 따라 count loss가 발생된다. 본 논문에서는 brain holder를 사용하지 않았을 경우 발생하는 truncated region에 의한 image quality의 변화를 평가하고자 한다. Siemens사의 biograph truepoint40 장비와 $^{68}Ge$-uniform phantom을 사용하여 $^{68}Ge$ phantom을 pallet위에서 스캔하고 brain holder위에 위치하고 스캔 하였다. brain protocol을 적용하여 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 pallet이 AC-CT의 FOV에 포함되지 않는 것을 알 수 있었다. 획득된 영상을 FBP, OSEM, TrueX recon method를 이용하여 iteration 4, subsets 21, gaussian 2 mm와 5 mm parameter를 적용하여 재구성 후 Window level : -4200, window width : 1000으로 설정하여 영상의 uniformity를 평가하였으며, vertical profile을 생성하여 count uniformity를 평가하였고, 마지막으로 5장과 20장의 slice를 summation하여 integral uniformity를 평가하였다. AC-CT영상을 통하여 holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 FOV내에 pallet이 모두 포함되지 않는 것을 알 수 있으며, 이에 따른 truncation에 의한 부정확한 attenuation factor가 나타났다 PET corrected sinogram 영상에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 truncated region에 의한 defect 부위를 확인할 수 있으며, holder를 사용한 경우 uniform한 영상을 확인할 수 있었다. Window level : 4200, window width : 1000으로 설정 시 FBP, OSEM, TrueX recon 방법 모두에서 holder를 사용한 경우 uniform한 영상이 획득되었지만, holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 하단에 defect가 관찰되었다. Holder를 사용한 경우와 사용하지 않은 경우의 영상을 각 5장, 20장씩 summation하여 NEMA method에 따라 integral uniformity를 구하였으며, 5장 slice의 summation에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 11.7% holder를 사용한 경우 7.2%로 나타났다. 20장 slice의 summation에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 11.1% holder를 사용한 경우 76.7%로 나타났다. brain 검사 시 holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 truncated region에 따른 phantom 하단부의 count defect가 확인되었으며, 이는 환자 검사 시 occipital lobe의 count loss를 발생하게 되며 research 검사 시 검사 결과의 오차를 발생하게 됨으로 brain PET/CT 검사 시 정확한 검사결과를 위하여 검사 액세서리가 반드시 적용되어야 할 것이다.

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Effects of Age, Brain-regional Selectivity, and Ovariectomy on Sexual Dimorphism of Organophosphate Pesticide Terbufos

  • Kim, Seung-Yong;KimKwon, Yun-Hee;Kwon, Oh-Seung
    • 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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    • pp.186.2-187
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    • 2003
  • A sexual dimorphism in terbufos (S-t-butylthiomethyl-O,O-diethyl phosphorodithioate: TBF) toxicity was not reported and remains unclear. Previously. we reported that TBF treatment showed sexual dimorphic effects on acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity. We further investigated that sexual dimorphism of TBF was affected to age and brain-regional selectivity, and whether ovary plays an important role in the effect. (omitted)

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A comparative analysis of domestir vs. overseas postgraduate education in science and technology

  • Kim, Ji-Soo
    • 한국경영과학회지
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 1985
  • Domestic versus overseas postgraduate education in science and engineering has its own advantages and disadvantages. One of the issues involved in developing countries is the problem of brain drain. This study deals with the cost and benefit of domestic and foreign education, problems in brain drain and the social and private rate of return analysis in postgraduate science and technology education in Korea.

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Effects of confinement on physiological and psychological responses and expression of interleukin 6 and brain derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in primiparous and multiparous weaning sows

  • Zhang, Mingyue;Li, Xiang;Li, Jianhong;Sun, Hanqing;Zhang, Xiaohui;Bao, Jun
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제30권9호
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    • pp.1350-1357
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The present study aimed to investigate whether the long-lasting, recurrent restricting of sows leads to the physiological and psychological reaction of discomfort. Methods: Sows (Large White) that had experienced restricting for about 0.5 or 3 years and agematched sows kept in a group housing system (loose sows) were compared. Pupillary light reflex parameters were measured at the weaning stage. Immediately after slaughter, blood samples were taken to measure serum cortisol levels, and the brain was dissected, gene expression in the hippo-campus, frontal cortex and hypothalamus was analyzed. Results: The serum cortisol levels were higher in the confined sows than in the loose sows. The full maturity, but not the young adolescent, confined sows had longer latency time in the onset of pupil constriction than their loose counterparts. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed an increased expression of interleukin 6 mRNA in the hippocampus and decreased expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in hippocampus and hypothalamus and to a lesser extent in the frontal cortex of the full maturity confined sows, compared with the full maturity loose sows. Conclusion: Taken together, these data indicated that recurrent restricting stress in full maturity sows leads to the physiological and psychological reaction of discomfort.

영상 타원법을 이용한 인간 줄기세포의 굴절률과 두께 분포 연구 (Study on Refractive Index and Thickness of Human Stem Cells by Using Imaging Ellipsometry)

  • 최중규;심우영;이광;김상열;박상욱;제갈원;조현모;조용재
    • 한국광학회지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.53-56
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    • 2009
  • 타원법을 사용하여 인간 중간엽 줄기세포의 광학상수와 두께의 영상정보를 정량적으로 구하였다. 영상 타원계를 이용하여 in vitro 환경에서 세포의 핵(nucleus)과 세포체(cell body)의 타원상수 $\Delta$, $\Psi$를 2차원 영상정보 형태로 구한 다음 각 화소별로 타원상수들을 수치해석적 역방계산하여 굴절률과 두께의 영상정보를 얻었다. 세포의 핵 영역과 세포체 영역에서 줄기세포의 두께와 굴절률 값을 2차원 영상정보 형태로 제시하였다.

Korean red ginseng water extract produces antidepressant-like effects through involving monoamines and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rats

  • Tzu-wen Chou ;Huai-Syuan Huang;Suraphan Panyod ;Yun-Ju Huang ;Lee-Yan Sheen
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • 제47권4호
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    • pp.552-560
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    • 2023
  • Background: Ginseng Radix (Panax ginseng Meyer, Araliaceae) has been used medicinally to treat the brain and nervous system problems worldwide. Recent studies have revealed physiological effects that could potentially benefit cognitive performance or mood. The present study aimed to investigate the antidepressant effects of Korean red ginseng water extract (KGE) and its active component in an unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS)-induced animal model and elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Methods: The antidepressant potential of the UCMS model was evaluated using the sucrose preference test and open field tests. The behavioral findings were further corroborated by the assessment of neurotransmitters and their metabolites from the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of rats. Three doses of KGE (50, 100, and 200 mg/kg) were orally administered during the experiment. Furthermore, the mechanism underlying the antidepressant-like action of KGE was examined by measuring the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/CREB, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), and Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) proteins in the prefrontal cortex of UCMS-exposed rats. Results: KGE treatment normalized UCMS-induced depression-related behaviors. Neurotransmitter studies conducted after completing behavioral experiments demonstrated that KGE caused a reduction in the ratio of serotonin and dopamine, indicating a decrease in serotonin and dopamine turnover. Moreover, the expression of BDNF, Nrf2, Keap1 and AKT were markedly increased by KGE in the prefrontal cortex of depressed rats. Conclusion: Our results provide evidence that KGE and its constituents exert antidepressant effects that mediate the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems and expression of BDNF protein in an animal model.