• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.117-135
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• 2008

Objectives: It is known that the vestibular imbalance leads to vestibular symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, vertigo and postural disturbance. Since the non-labyrinthine inputs from the limbs and viscera converge on the vestibular nucleus neurons receiving signal from peripheral vestibular endorgan, acupuncture to the periphery may influence the activities of vestibular nuclear neurons and produce a therapeutic effect on the vestibulacr symptoms. The present study was to examine a modification and characteristics of the static and dynamic activities of medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neurons following electroacupuncture (EA) of GB43' acupoint. Methods: In 54 Sprague-Dawley adult male rats weighing 250${\sim}$300g, spontaneous firing discharges and dynamic responses induced by sinusoidal whole body rotation about vertical axis at 0.2 Hz were observed in MVN of rats during EA of GB43' acupoint, located between the left 4th and 5th toe, which is the territory of sural and peroneal nerves, with 0.2 ms, 40 Hz and 600${\pm}$200 ${\mu}A$. Results: EA of the left GB43' acupoint induced modifications of spontaneous firing rates in 45% of MVN neurons recorded, and the percentage of modified neurons was 44% in type I, 52% in type II and 46% in non-type neurons. The excitatory or inhibitory responses of spontaneous firing discharges were predominant in the ipsilateral MVN neurons during EA. The excitatory response was abolished after EA but the inhibitory response was prolonged after EA in the ipsilateral MVN. The neurons of MVN showing modified spontaneous firing discharges by EA showed lower frequency (${\geq}$10 spikes/sec) of mean spontaneous firing rates than non affected ones. Conclusion: These results suggest that the neuronal activities of MVN neurons were influenced by EA of GB43' acupoint and the effects of EA may be related to the convergence of the peripheral vestibular inputs and ascending somatosensory inputs on MVN.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.121-125
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to investigate the antinociceptive effects of ginsenosides on toothache. c-Fos immunoreactive (IR) neurons were examined after noxious intrapulpal stimulation (NS) by intrapulpal injection of 2 M KCl into upper and lower incisor pulps exposed by bone cutter in Sprague Dawley rats. The number of Fos-IR neurons was increased in the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc) and the transitional region between Vc and subnucleus interpolaris (Vi) by NS to tooth. The intradental NS raised arterial blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR). The number of Fos-IR neurons was also enhanced in thalamic ventral posteromedial nucleus (VPMN) and centrolateral nucleus (CLN) by NS to tooth. The intradental NS increased the number of Fos-IR neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) and rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN), central cardiovascular regulation centers. Ginsenosides reduced the number of c-Fos-IR increased by NS to tooth in the trigeminal Vc and thalamic VPMN and CLN. Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, did not block the effect of ginsenoside on the number of Fos-IR neurons enhanced by NS to tooth in the trigeminal Vc and thalamic VPMN and CLN. Ginsenosides ameliorated arterial BP and HR raised by NS to tooth and reduced the number of Fos-IR neurons increased by NS to tooth in the NTS, RVLM, hypothalamic SON, and PVN. These results suggest that ginsenosides have an antinociceptive effect on toothache through non-opioid system and attenuates BP and HR increased by NS to tooth.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.79-83
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• 1973

Every month of pregnancy, vaginal smears were obtained from 42 dairy cows, and an attempt was made to correlate the cell picture with the stage of pregnancy. The results obtained in this work were summerized as follows: 1. At early pregnancy, most of the cells in the smears were the cells with normal nucleus and cytoplasm, and leucocytes. After the first month of pregnancy there was a progressive decrease in the rate of appearance of the cells with normal nucleus and cytoplasm, which dropped to the lowest value at the third month of pregnancy, thereafter, showing steady state. 2. After the first month of prgnancy the rate of appearance of the cells with karyolysis began to increase gradually, and reached a maximum at the fifth month of pregnancy, returning towards initial levels. 3. The rate of appearance of the cells with karyopyknosis was much lower at early pregnancy, but at the third month of pregnancy there was a rapid increase, thereafter, showing steady state (ranging from 20 to 50 percent). 4. The non-nucleated cornified cells, the cells with vacuolized cytoplasm, and the cells with swollen nucleus and cytoplasm were appeared much fewer or not, and significant changes were not recognized during pregnancy. 5. At early pregnancy there appeared many of leucocytes but dropped intensively at the third month of pregnancy, and, thereafter, appeared much fewer or not.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.168-176
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• 2007

Purpose: This study was to investigate the factors influencing on the quality of life (QOL) among herniation of nucleus pulposus (HNP) patients caused by occupational accidents. Method: 203 patients of HNP were recruited. 106 patients were occupationally injured workers who benefited from workmen's compensation scheme (PWCS group), and 43 patients were non-occupationally injured workers benefiting from national health insurance (PNHI group). Questions of QOL items were used by Korean version of SBQOL (SmithKlein Beecham's Qality of Life). Result: The quality of life of PWCS group measured by SBQOL was significantly lower than that of PNHI group. In PWCS group, SBQOL was significantly lower in patients with 40s of their age, 5 years or longer of treatment duration, no expectation of return to work, no expectation of recovering subject's health, and with loss of employment than rest of the patients in each category. Expectations of recovering subject's health showed to be affect factors on QOL both the PWCS and PNHI groups. Conclusion: It suggested that betterment of expectation of recovering patient's health and an administrative system for returning to work of the occupationally injured HNP patients during treatment be necessary for improvement of their quality of life.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.308-311
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• 2011

In order to obtain mono-dispersed Fe NPs with high saturation magnetization, quantitative analysis method to investigate the growth dynamics of the Fe NPs synthesized by a conventional thermal decomposition method has been developed. As a result, fast nucleation process promotes formation of ~4 nm of initial nucleus with a non-equilibrium phase, resulting in low saturation magnetization. And slow particle growth with atomic-scaled surface precipitation mode (< 100 atoms/($min{\cdot}nm^2$)) can form the growth layer on the surface of initial nucleus with high saturation magnetization (~190 emu/$g_{Fe}$) as an equilibrium a phase of Fe. Therefore, higher stabilization of small initial nucleus generated just after the injection of $Fe(CO)_5$ should be one of the key issues to achieve much higher $M_s$ of Fe NPs.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2000

Hydroxybenzoic acids are the most important intermediates in the degradative pathways of various aromatic compounds. Microorganisms catabolize aromatic compounds by converting them to hydroxylated intermediates and then cleave the benzene nucleus with ring dioxygenases. Hydroxylation of the benzene nucleus of an aromatic compound is an essential step for the initiation and subsequent disintegration of the benzene ring. The incorporation of two hydroxyl groups is essential for the labilization of the benzene nucleus. Monohydroxybenzoic acids such as 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, and 4-hydrosybenzoic acid, opr pyrocattechuic acid that are susceptible for subsequent oxygenative cleavage of the benzene ring. These terminal aromatic intermediates are further degraded to cellular components through ortho-and/or meta-cleavage pathways and finally lead to the formation of constituents of the TCA cycle. Many groups of microorganisms have been isolated as degraders of hydroxybenzoic acids with diverse drgradative routes and specific enzymes involved in their metabolic pahtway. Various microorganisms carry out unusual non-oxidative decarboxylation of aromatic acids and convert them to respective phenols which have been documented. Futher, Pseudomonas and Bacillus spp. are the most ubiquitous microorganisms, being the principal components of microflora of most soil and water enviroments.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2003

The medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) neurons are controlled by excitatory synaptic transmission from the vestibular afferent and commissural projections, and by inhibitory transmission from interneurons. Spontaneous synaptic currents of MVN neurons were studied using whole cell patch clamp recording in slices prepared from 13- to 17-day-old rats. The spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) were significantly reduced by the $GABA_A$ antagonist bicuculline ($20{\mu}M$), but were not affected by the glycine antagonist strychnine ($1{\mu}M$). The frequency, amplitude, and decay time constant of sIPSCs were $4.3{\pm}0.9$ Hz, $18.1{\pm}2.0$ pA, and $8.9{\pm}0.4$ ms, respectively. Spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs) were mediated by non-NMDA and NMDA receptors. The specific AMPA receptor antagonist GYKI-52466 ($50{\mu}M$) completely blocked the non-NMDA mediated sEPSCs, indicating that they are mediated by an AMPA-preferring receptor. The AMPA mediated sEPSCs were characterized by low frequency ($1.5{\pm}0.4$ Hz), small amplitude ($13.9{\pm}1.9$ pA), and rapid decay kinetics ($2.8{\pm}0.2$ ms). The majority (15/21) displayed linear I-V relationships, suggesting the presence of GluR2-containing AMPA receptors. Only 35% of recorded MVN neurons showed NMDA mediated currents, which were characterized by small amplitude and low frequency. These results suggest that the MVN neurons receive excitatory inputs mediated by AMPA, but not kainate, and NMDA receptors, and inhibitory transmission mediated by $GABA_A$ receptors in neonatal rats.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.489-496
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• 2021

Chromatin has highly organized structures in the nucleus, and these higher-order structures are proposed to regulate gene activities and cellular processes. Sequencing-based techniques, such as Hi-C, and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) have revealed a spatial segregation of active and inactive compartments of chromatin, as well as the non-random positioning of chromosomes in the nucleus, respectively. However, regardless of their efficiency in capturing target genomic sites, these techniques are limited to fixed cells. Since chromatin has dynamic structures, live cell imaging techniques are highlighted for their ability to detect conformational changes in chromatin at a specific time point, or to track various arrangements of chromatin through long-term imaging. Given that the imaging approaches to study live cells are dramatically advanced, we recapitulate methods that are widely used to visualize the dynamics of higher-order chromatin structures.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.323-327
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• 1995

미나리의 체세포 배발생 과정을 해부학적으로 구명하기 위하여 배발생 기원세포와 캘러스를 광학현미경 및 전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과, 배발생 세포는 hematoxylin에 짙은 보라색으로, 비배발생 세포는 safranin에 적색으로 염색되어 광학현미경하에서 쉽게 구별할 수 있었다. 배발생 캘러스는 많은 수의 원배 및 발육중인 배, 비배발생 세포 등으로 구성되어 있었다. 체세포 배발생은 발육 중인 배나 세포괴의 표피세포에 위치한 배발생 세포의 하나가 분열하거나 세포괴내의 비배발생 세포속에 묻혀 있는 배발생 세포가 분열하여 일어났다. 배발생 과정은 항상 일정한 형태는 아니지만 단세포로부터 일정한 segmentation 과정를 거쳐서 배발생이 진행되는 것으로 나타났다. 투과전자현미경에 의한 관찰에서 배발생 세포는 비배발생 세포에 비하여 세포질이 조밀하고 핵이 대형이며 amyloplast, 인지질체 및 세포소기 관들이 많으며 액포가 없거나 매우 작았다. 이들 세포들은 두터운 세포벽에 의하여 주위의 비배발생 세포와 분리되어 있으며 세포윤곽은 둥글었다. 주사전자현미경으로 관찰한 배발생캘러스는 외부가 그물이 씌워진 형태의 구형의 다양한 크기의 배들과 비교적 크기가 큰 비배발생 세포들이 혼재하였다. 한편 비배발생능 캘러스는 구성세포가 크고 외부에는 gelatin같은 물질로 덮여 있었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.237-246
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• 1995

본 연구에서는 유자의 미성숙 배로부터 캘러스 유도와 재분화 및 발생단게별 미세구조적 특성에 관하여 연구하였다. 유자에서는 배양 5-6주 경에 담황색의 캘러스가 유도되었으며, 배양 6주경의 캘러스 세포에서는 인접하고 있는 작은 액포들이 융합하여 큰 액포를 형성하는 융합현상을 관찰하였다. 배양 12주 경에는 배발생 캘러스의 미분화 세포에서 특이하게 구형의 핵인을 가지고 있는 큰핵과 녹말로 가득차 있는 녹말체를 다수 관찰하였다. 배양 14-16주 경의 배발생 캘러스 세포에서는 활발하게 exocytosis가 일어나므로서 다수의 분배체들이 세포벽쪽에서 관찰되었으며 세포질로부터 작은 입자들이 세포 간극으로 빠져나가는 것을 볼수 있었다. 또한 배양 24주경의 배발생 캘러스에서는 발달된 커다란 구형의 엽록체들이 이중막으로 세포질과 경계되어 있었으며 기질중에 일정하게 전형적인 그라나가 분포되어 있었다. 배양 26주경의 어린 정상 식물체의 미성숙잎에서는 다수의 도관과 반세포들이 관찰되었다. 배양 30주경의 정상식물체의 미성숙잎에는 다수의 작은 반세포들과 사관 그리고 중심액포들이 나타났으며 또한 작은 제2차 액포들이 커다란 중심 액포 속으로 끼어들어가는 현상을 볼 수 있었으며 원형질막 근처에는 신장된 엽록체들이 분포되어 있었다.