• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 2000년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.188.1-188
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• 2000

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• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 2000년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.189.1-189
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• 2000

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• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1999년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.174.2-174
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• 1999

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• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1999년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.174.1-174
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• 1999

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• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2001

영산강 수계의 습지생태계 모니터링의 일환으로 4개 지역을 선정하여 황소개구리 205개체를 채집하여 이들의 외부기형 출현율 및 양상을 조사하고 그들의 체내 조직에 축적된 중금속 농도를 분석하였다. 황소개구리의 기형 출현율은 6.8%로 다른 척추동물에서의 자연발생률 3%보다 높았으며, 기형은 모두 앞 또는 뒷발갉에서 나타났다. 유형별로 보면 결손(Ectrodactyly)이 64.3%로 가장 많았고 다음으로 확장(Dilation)이 28.6%, 절단(Truncation) 7.1%의 순이었다. 정상과 기형 개체간에 중금속의 농도를 조직별로 비교해 본 결과 기형개체의 신장에서 Mn은 4배, Zn 은 1.5배, Cu은 7배, Pb는 8배, Cd는 7배 정도 높았다. 또한 기형 개체에서는 이들 원소의 조직분포 패턴도 변화한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과들로부터 황소개구리는 습지생태계의 모니터링 시료로서 유용하게 이용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전력기술부문
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• pp.35-37
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• 2002

Most of the inhabitants living near power line complain wind noise from power line to be problems they can feel directly if there is no countermeasure to remove noise basically. Wind noise from power line happens by tower, insulators, conductor and others in their operating individually or complexly. Wind noise show us several forms like whistle, siren and bullfrog croaking as height of noise source is high and elastic wave tone with low frequency. This paper shows actual conditions and occurrence cause which may be investigated and analyzed on the wind noise, and also prepares mitigation methods and introduces a working sample to reduce a wind noise.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.93-96
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• 2008

In recent years, we frequently observed missmatched pairs between male Asian toads, Bufo gargarizans, and bullfrogs, Rana catesbeiana, at the toad breeding ponds, where scramble competition for mating occurred among the male toads. Thus, we performed two-choice experiments to investigate recognition ability of mates and species in male toads. The test males did not discriminate sexes, but the clasped stimulus males immediately produced release calls and stopped it while the clasped stimulus female did not. In addition, the test male toads did not discriminate reproductive state of females and even species. However, male toads chose larger individuals. The present results indicate that the main reason of missmatched amplexus by the male toads is due to 1) the lack of recognition cues of conspecifics, 2) the lack of communication tools like release calls, and 3) the larger size of bullfrogs than male toads themselves.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2018

본 연구는 황소개구리의 성별 및 성숙도, 시기에 따른 먹이원 및 포식 습성을 확인하기 위해 2014년 4월부터 9월까지 경상남도 창녕군 가항늪에서 진행하였다. 황소개구리 먹이원은 위 절제술을 통해 위에서 직접 수집하였으며, 위 내용물을 종 수준까지 동정하였다. 연구결과, 황소개구리는 크고 무거운 개체일수록 많은 양의 먹이를 포식하는 것으로 나타났으나, 성별 및 성숙도에 따른 포식량은 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 연구기간 동안 황소개구리의 먹이원은 곤충강(개체 수 평균 비율 65.5%)이 가장 높은 비중을 차지하였고, 그 다음으로는 갑각강(13.5%), 복족강(7.9%) 순으로 나타났다. 황소개구리는 곤충강의 물자라(Muljarus japonicus)를 가장 많이 포식한 것으로 확인되었으며, 박새(Parus major), 등줄쥐(Apodemus agrarius), 땃쥐(Crocidura lasiura) 등도 황소개구리의 먹이원으로 나타났다. 황소개구리는 습지생태계의 교란에 직접적인 영향을 미치며, 이러한 결과들은 환경부 생태교란 생물로 지정되어 있는 황소개구리가 습지생태계에 미치는 영향을 확인하는데 중요한 기초자료가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2008

The Glu/$Asp^{7.32}$ residue in extracellular loop 3 of the mammalian type-I gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR) interacts with $Arg^8$ of GnRH-I, conferring preferential ligand selectivity for GnRH-I over GnRH-II. Previously, we demonstrated that the residues (Ser and Pro) flanking Glu/$Asp^{7.32}$ also play a role in the differential agonist selectivity of mammalian and non-mammalian GnRHRs. In this study, we examined the differential antagonist selectivity of wild type and mutant GnRHRs in which the Ser and Pro residues were changed. Cetrorelix, a GnRH-I antagonist, and Trptorelix-2, a GnRH-II antagonist, exhibited high selectivity for mammalian type-I and non-mammalian GnRHRs, respectively. The inhibitory activities of the antagonists were dependent on agonist concentration and subtype. Rat GnRHR in which the Ser-Glu-Pro (SEP) motif was changed to Pro-Glu-Val (PEV) or Pro-Glu-Ser (PES) had increased sensitivity to Trptorelix-2 but decreased sensitivity to Cetrorelix. Mutant bullfrog GnRHR-1 with the SEP motif had the reverse antagonist selectivity, with reduced sensitivity to Trptorelix-2 but increased sensitivity to Cetrorelix. These findings indicate that the residues flanking $Glu^{7.32}$ are important for antagonist as well as agonist selectivity.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2012

Under some pathological conditions as bile flow obstruction or liver diseases with the enterohepatic circulation being disrupted, regurgitation of bile acids into the systemic circulation occurs and the plasma level of bile acids increases. Bile acids in circulation may affect the nervous system. We examined this possibility by studying the effects of bile acids on gating of neuronal (N)-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel that is essential for neurotransmitter release at synapses of the peripheral and central nervous system. N-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel currents were recorded from bullfrog sympathetic neuron under a cell-attached mode using 100 mM $Ba^{2+}$ as a charge carrier. Cholic acid (CA, $10^{-6}M$) that is relatively hydrophilic thus less cytotoxic was included in the pipette solution. CA suppressed the open probability of N-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel, which appeared to be due to an increase in (no activity) sweeps. For example, the proportion of sweep in the presence of CA was ~40% at +40 mV as compared with ~8% in the control recorded without CA. Other single channel properties including slope conductance, single channel current amplitude, open and shut times were not significantly affected by CA being present. The results suggest that CA could modulate N-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel gating at a concentration as low as $10^{-6}M$. Bile acids have been shown to activate nonselective cation conductance and depolarize the cell membrane. Under pathological conditions with increased circulating bile acids, CA suppression of N-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel function may be beneficial against overexcitation of the synapses.