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Glioblastoma Multiforme in the Pineal Region with Leptomeningeal Dissemination and Lumbar Metastasis

  • Matsuda, Ryosuke;Hironaka, Yasuo;Suigimoto, Tadashi;Nakase, Hiroyuki
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제58권5호
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    • pp.479-482
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    • 2015
  • We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in the pineal region with associated leptomeningeal dissemination and lumbar metastasis. The patient presented with severe headache and vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed a heterogeneously enhanced tumor in the pineal region with obstructive hydrocephalus. After an urgent ventricular-peritoneal shunt, she was treated by subtotal resection and chemotherapy concomitant with radiotherapy. Two months after surgery, MRI showed no changes in the residual tumor but leptomeningeal dissemination surrounding the brainstem. One month later, she exhibited severe lumbago and bilateral leg pain. Thoracico-lumbar MRI showed drop like metastasis in the lumbar region. Finally she died five months after the initial diagnosis. Neurosurgeons should pay attention to GBM in the pineal region, not only as an important differential diagnosis among the pineal tumors, but due to the aggressive features of leptomeningeal dissemination and spinal metastasis.

개미 군집 최적화 알고리즘을 이용한 뇌 자기공명 영상의 영역분할 (Region Segmentation from MR Brain Image Using an Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm)

  • 이명은;김수형;임준식
    • 정보처리학회논문지B
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    • 제16B권3호
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    • pp.195-202
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    • 2009
  • 논문에서는 개미 군집 최적화 알고리즘을 이용하여 뇌 자기공명 영상의 백질 및 회백질 영역을 분할하는 방법을 제안한다. 확률적 조합 최적화에 적합한 알고리즘으로 알려진 개미 군집 최적화 알고리즘은 실제 개미들이 집에서 먹이를 찾아가는 동안의 방법을 기억하는 습성을 적용한 것이다. 논문에서 제안하는 방법은 개미가 먹이를 찾아가는 동안의 방법을 기억하는 습성처럼 영상에서 원하는 픽셀을 찾아갈 수 있다는 것이다. 원하는 픽셀을 찾은 개미들은 페로몬을 픽셀에 축적하게 되는데 이 페로몬은 이후에 지나가는 개미들이 다음 경로를 선택할 때 영향을 준다. 그리고 각각의 반복단계에서 상태전이 법칙에 따라 영상의 위치를 바꿔가면서 최종 목적지에 도달하게 되며, 마지막으로 페로몬 분포의 분석을 통해 영상에서 분할 된 결과를 얻는다. 제안한 알고리즘을 기존의 임계치 기반의 분할 알고리즘인 Otsu 방법, 메타휴리스틱 계열의 대표적인 방법인 유전자알고리즘, 퍼지방법, 원래의 개미 군집 최적화 알고리즘등과 비교하였다. 비교 실험을 통해 제안한 방법이 뇌의 특정 영역을 더 정확하게 분할함을 알 수 있었다.

Therapeutic effects of stiripentol against ischemia-reperfusion injury in gerbils focusing on cognitive deficit, neuronal death, astrocyte damage and blood brain barrier leakage in the hippocampus

  • Shin, Myoung Cheol;Lee, Tae-Kyeong;Lee, Jae-Chul;Kim, Hyung Il;Park, Chan Woo;Cho, Jun Hwi;Kim, Dae Won;Ahn, Ji Hyeon;Won, Moo-Ho;Lee, Choong-Hyun
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.47-57
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    • 2022
  • Stiripentol is an anti-epileptic drug for the treating of refractory status epilepticus. It has been reported that stiripentol can attenuate seizure severity and reduce seizure-induced neuronal damage in animal models of epilepsy. The objective of the present study was to investigate effects of post-treatment with stiripentol on cognitive deficit and neuronal damage in the cornu ammonis 1 (CA1) region of the hippocampus proper following transient ischemia in the forebrain of gerbils. To evaluate ischemia-induced cognitive impairments, passive avoidance test and 8-arm radial maze test were performed. It was found that post-treatment with stiripentol at 20 mg/kg, but not 10 or 15 mg/kg, reduced ischemia-induced memory impairment. Transient ischemia-induced neuronal death in the CA1 region was also significantly attenuated only by 20 mg/kg stiripentol treatment after transient ischemia. In addition, 20 mg/kg stiripentol treatment significantly decreased ischemia-induced astrocyte damage and immunoglobulin G leakage. In brief, stiripentol treatment after transient ischemia ameliorated transient ischemia-induced cognitive impairment in gerbils, showing that pyramidal neurons were protected and astrocyte damage and blood brain barrier leakage were significantly attenuated in the hippocampus. Results of this study suggest stiripentol can be developed as a candidate of therapeutic drug for ischemic stroke.

경도 두부외상 환자에서 뇌좌상주위 부종영역에서의 자기공명분광법을 이용한 대사변화 (Metabolic Changes in Pericontusional Edematous Areas in Mild Head Injury Evaluated by Proton MRS)

  • 홍상수;손병철;최병길;김의녕;김범수;박춘근;최보영;김문찬;강준기
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제29권9호
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    • pp.1233-1237
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    • 2000
  • Objectives : In order to evaluate the metabolic changes associated with pericontusional edematous area in mild head injury, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy(1H-MRS) was performed in mild head injury patients (initial GCS score 13-15) with focal brain contusion. Methods : Seven head injury patients with initial GCS 13-15(3 males and 4 females : age range 15-65 years, mean age 33 years) have underwent 1H-MRS evaluations. The patients were examined within 7 days after injury(n=7) and 2 months after injury(n=5). The region of interest(ROI) was selected in the edematous area adjacent to traumatic brain contusion upon T2-weighted MR images and a corresponding region of the contralateral hemisphere (ROC, region of contralateral corresponding hemisphere) was examined as well. The metabolic ratios of NAA/Cr and lactate/Cr were compared between ROIs, ROCs and control values. Results : In initial NAA/Cr ratios, the values of ROIs were significantly lower than those of the controls(p=0.009), but there was no difference either between ROIs and ROCs(p=0.410) or between ROCs of patients and the control (p=0.199). In lactate/Cr ratios, the ROIs in all seven patients and the ROCs in two showed increased lactate signals. The lactate/Cr ratios of the ROIs were significantly elevated as compared to those of the ROCs(p=0.02) and the control(p=0.015). In two months follow-up, lactate signals were absent or significantly reduced(p=0.015). In no patients, clinical or radiological deterioration has been observed. Conclusion : Our 1H-MRS results demonstrate that there are significant ischemic changes in pericontusional edematous areas as indicated by elevated lactate signals in the patients with mild head injury. But there were no consistent neural loss or dysfunction in these area. There findings suggest that pericontusional edematous areas can be vulnerable to secondary brain insults even in the patients with mild head injury.

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Epigenetic Regulation in the Brain after Spinal Cord Injury : A Comparative Study

  • Park, Bit-Na-Ri;Kim, Seok Won;Cho, Sung-Rae;Lee, Ji Yong;Lee, Young-Hee;Kim, Sung-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제53권6호
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    • pp.337-341
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    • 2013
  • Objective : After spinal cord injury (SCI), functional and structural reorganization occurs at multiple levels of brain including motor cortex. However, the underlying mechanism still remains unclear. The current study was performed to investigate the alterations in the expression of the main regulators of neuronal development, survival and death, in the brain following thoracic contusive SCI in a mouse model. Methods : Eight-week-old female imprinting control region mice (n=60; 30-35 g) were used in this study. We analyzed the expression levels of regulators such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF) and histone deacetylase (HDAC) 1 in the brain following thoracic contusive SCI. Results : The expression of BDNF levels were elevated significantly compared with control group at 2 weeks after injury (p<0.05). The expression of NGF levels were elevated at 2, 4 weeks compared with control group, but these difference were not significant (p>0.05). The GDNF levels were elevated at 2 week compared with control group, but these differences were not significant (p>0.05). The difference of HDAC1 levels were not significant at 2, 4 and 8 weeks compared with control group (p>0.05). Conclusion : These results demonstrate that the upregulation of BDNF may play on important role in brain reorganization after SCI.

Phototransduction and Visual Cycle in the Ascidian Tadpole Larva

  • Kusakabe, Takehiro;Nakashima, Yuki;Kusakabe, Rie;Horie, Takeo;Kawakami, Isao;Yoshida, Reiko;Inada, Kyoko;Nakagawa, Masashi;Tsuda, Motoyuki
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.37-40
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    • 2002
  • Ascidians are lower chordates, and their tadpole-like larvae share a basic body plan with vertebrates. To study photoreceptive systems in ascidians, we have isolated and characterized cDNA clones for three opsins, five G protein ${\alpha}$ subunits (G${\alpha}$), catalytic and regulatory subunits of cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE), and arrestin from the ascidian Ciona intestinalis tadpole larva. Ci-opsin1 and Ci-opsin2 are vertebrate-type opsins, while Ci-opsin3 is a retinal photoisomerase similar to retinochrome and mammalian RGR. Both Ci-opsin1 and arrestin are specifically localized in the photoreceptor cells of the ocellus, whereas Ci -opsin2 is not expressed in the photoreceptors, but is co-localized in another population of neurons in the brain with PDE (Ci-PDE9 and Ci-PDE$\delta$). Ci-opsin3 is present in the entire region of the brain. Though five different cDNAs encoding Ga have been cloned, no transducin-type G protein has been found yet. Interestingly, one of G${\alpha}$i isoform is conspicuously expressed in the entire region of the brain. The Ci-opsin3 gene expression was observed in a broad area of the brain vesicle as well as in the visceral ganglion. Genes encoding ascidian homologs of CRALBP and ${\beta}$-CD, whose function is required for the mammalian visual cycle, are co-expressed with Ci-opsin3 in the brain vesicle and visceral ganglion. Localization of Ci-opsin3, CRALBP, and ${\beta}$-CD in a broad area of the brain suggests that the brain of the ascidian larva has a visual cycle system similar to that of the vertebrate RPE. Based on these data, we discuss the evolution of vertebrate visual systems.

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다양한 두개강내 질환의 확산강조 자기공명영상 : 임상적 유용성 (Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of Various Intracranial Diseases : Clinical Utility)

  • 김영준
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.104-112
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    • 1998
  • 목적 : 다양한 두개강내 질환을 가진 환자들을 대상으로 확산강조영상을 시행하여 병변의 신호강도를 분석함으로써 확산강조영상의 임상적 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 전향적으로 무작위 추출하여 확산강조영상을 시행한 70명의 환자(급성 뇌경색 20명, 만성 뇌경색 또는 소혈관 질환 21명, 두개강내 원발성 종양 14명, 뇌전이 3명, 뇌종양 5명, 뇌혈종 5명, 퇴행중의 유구낭미충 1명, 유피낭종 1명)를 대상으로 하였다. 확산강조영상은 1.5T 장치를 사용하여, single shot spin echo EPI 기법을 사용하여, 6500ms TR, 107ms TE, $128{\times}128$ matrix, 1 number of excitation, $24{\times}24{\;}cm$ field of view, 5-7mm slice thickness, 2-3 mm inter-slice gap으로, x, y, z 세방향으로 확산경사자기($b=1000s{\;}/{\;}textrm{mm}^2$)를 가하여 얻었다. 병변의 신호강도의 평가는 정성적인 분석에서는 병변의 신호강도를 임의의 5단계로 구분하여 분석하였고, 정량적 분석에서는 ROI(region of interest)를 이요하여 병변의 신호강도를 측정하여, 반대쪽 정상 뇌실질에서 얻은 신호강도와의 상대적 신호강도비를 구하였다. 결과 : 정성적 분석에서 매우 높은 신호강도를 보인 병변은 모든 예의 급성 뇌경색, 뇌농양, 유피낭종, 그리고 퇴행성 유구낭미충의 낭성 병변이었다. 뇌혈종은 모든 예에서 병변내에 매우 높은 신호강도와 낮은 신호강도가 혼재되어 있었다. 1명의 종양환자에서는 고형성 부분에 국소적인 매우 높은 신호강도가 보였다. 이들 병변 각각의 뇌실질에 대한 평균 신호 강도비는 모두 2.5 이상이엇다. 정성적 분석에서 죄실질과 같은 정도의 신호강도를 보인 경우는 실경교증(71%), 뇌종양의 고형성 부분(64%), 뇌전이 (100%), 혈관성 부종(67%)이었으며, 이들 병변의 뇌실질에 대한 평균 신호강도비는 1.15에서 1.28로 서로간에 의미있는 차이는 없었다.(p>0.1). 매우 낮거나 약간 낮은 신호강도를 보인 경우는 낭성 뇌연화증과 종양내 괴사로서, 평균 신호강도비는 각각 0.45와 0.42였다. 결론 : 급성 뇌경색, 뇌농양, 유피낭종, 퇴행중의 유구낭미충은 확산강조영상에서 매우 높은 신호강도를 보여, 다른 실환과의 감별 진단에 유용할 것으로 생각되며, 특히 뇌농양과 괴사나 낭성 부분을 포함한 뇌종양과의 감별에 많은 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

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과학 교수-학습 프로그램의 평가를 위한 두뇌기반 분석틀의 개발 (The Development of the Brain-based Analysis Framework for the Evaluation of Teaching-Learning Program in Science)

  • 이준기;이일선;권용주
    • 한국과학교육학회지
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    • 제30권5호
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    • pp.647-667
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    • 2010
  • 이 연구의 목적은 과학 교수-학습프로그램을 평가하기 위한 두뇌기반 분석틀을 개발하는 것이다. 분석틀의 개발을 위해, 이 연구는 과학 교수-학습과 관련된 선행연구들로부터 교수-학습 프로그램의 분석항목을 3가지로 범주화 하였다: 인지, 동기, 감성. 첫 번째로, 각 항목에 관련된 두뇌활성 영역을 파악하기위하여 과학수업과 관련된 두뇌 기능에 대한 93편의 뇌과학 문헌들을 분석하였다. 두 번째로, 두뇌의 해부학적 영역별로 범주화된 연구결과를 바탕으로 과학 교수-학습프로그램 분석을 위한 분석틀을 제작하였다. 분석틀의 제작은 R & D 방법을 따랐다. 그 결과, 두뇌활성 결과들은 대뇌 피질, 보상계, 변연계의 세 영역으로 범주화되어 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 개발된 두뇌기반 과학 교수-학습 프로그램 분석틀인 'CORE Brain Map'은 양측 배외측전전두피질, 양측 복외측 전전두피질, 양측 안와전두피질, 전대상이랑, 양측 두정피질, 양측 측두피질, 양측 후두피질, 양측 해마, 양측 편도체, 양측 측좌핵, 양측 선조체 그리고 중뇌영역으로 구성된다. 두뇌기반 과학 교수-학습프로그램 분석틀은 다양한 과학 교수-학습프로그램의 분석 및 진단에 활용 가능할 것으로 전망된다.

외상성 두부 손상에 의한 수두증의 Vojta치료 증례 (The Report of Vojta Therapy in Hydrocephalus on Traumatic Brain Injury)

  • 이근희;구봉오;배성수
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.125-130
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    • 2002
  • This study was applied using vojta therapy in the patient with hydrocephalus occurred by on traumatic brain injury. Vojta treatment was a recently developed of the brain damage patient treatment which can be applied eariler than the other traditional methods. The results were as follows. 1. Hip joint flexion contracture from $100^{\circ}$ to $15^{\circ}$ was improved on prone position. 2. Left convexity curve on thracolumbar region due to functional scoliosis the normal aligment. 3. The thumb finger was changed from thumb-in to thumb-out. 4. Right tilted pelvis on prone position became the normal symmetry

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Multiple Age-Associated Mitochondrial DNA Deletions in Mouse Brain

  • Kim, Jin-Sun;Kim, Min-Jung;Kwon, In-Sook;Song, Eun-Sook
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.33-36
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    • 1997
  • Age-dependent deletion of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was detected in mouse brain using PCR method. The size of the deleted fragment was 0.5 kb, 0.9 kb. 1.7 kb and 4.3 kb in the region between cytochrome b gene and ATPase 6 gene. The deleted fragment was increased gradually from 3-month to 22month Direct repeat sequence flanking the deletion in 0.5 kb PCR product was TAAT.

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