• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.243-245
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• 2002

Pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) is an octadecapeptide distributed in the optic lobe and the brain in a variety of insect species. There are lines of evidence suggesting possible involvement of PDF in the insect circadian system. However, its physiological roles in the circadian time keeping mechanism have not been clearly defined. In this study, we have examined the phase shifting effects of Gryllus-PDF on the circadian locomotor rhythm in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus of which circadian clock is located in the optic lobe. Phase shifts in the circadian activity rhythm were measured following microinjection of 22nl of vehicle (Ringer's solution) or O.lmM PDF into the optic lobe through the compound eye at various circadian times. The results showed that PDF induced phase shifts of the circadian clock in a phase-dependent manner, suggesting that it may play a role as an input signal for the circadian clock.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.441-449
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• 1989

Azadirachtin은 Leucophaeq muderae (Fabricius연 하루 활동주기길이를 0.16 $\pm$ 0.03 h 단축시켰으며, 실험동물의 40 %에서 리듬의 Splitting현상이 관찰되었다. 하루에 두개의 활동주기를 보이는 Splitting현상은 서로 180$^{\circ}$를 유지하여 나타났고, 이는 동물의 실험 전의 본래 주기길이가 평균보다 더 긴 주기를 지닌 동물에게 주로 나타났다. 또한 활동주기의 Splitting현상을 보이는 동물의 안구와 뇌신경(optic lobe) 절단수술 후 Splitting이 사라짐으로써 Azadirachtin이 뇌신경에 자극을 주어 Splitting을 야기시켰으며, 한쌍의 optic lobe 중 어느 한쪽만으로도 동물의 활동주기 조절가능성이 있다는 것이 본 실험을 통하여 밝혀졌다. Azadirachtin shortens the period length of the locomotor activity rhythm in the circadian rhythm of Leucophoeo maderae and induces splitting of this rhythm in ho components in about 40% of the animals. The phase relationship between the ho components is 180$^{\circ}$Both shortening of period and splitting are more pronounced in animals processing longer periods before the injection of azadirachtin. Splitting disappears after the surgical transection of optic lobe.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.389-392
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• 2005

A case of visual loss following cranio-maxillofacial trauma is reported. The patient had acute optic nerve injury associated with a fracture of the right zygomaticomaxillary and fronto-naso-ethmoido-orbital bone and epidural hematoma on the right temporal lobe of brain. Bony fragments compressing the optic nerve on lateral side was identified on computed tomography. Decompression of the optic nerve combined with evacuation of epidural hematoma has been performed via transfrontal craniotomy. The patient had complete recovery of visual acuity without any complications. The role of optic nerve decompression in the management of patients with traumatic optic neuropathy is discussed. Surgical indication is controversial and the procedure should be considered only within the context of the specific indication of the individual patient.

• 한국전자현미경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국현미경학회 2001년도 제32차 춘계학술대회
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• pp.33-36
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• 2001

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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• pp.406-407
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• 2007

We report the observed peculiar double four lobe textures in CNT dispersed nematic liquid crystal under vertical field. The electro optic studies in a wide range of applied field showed that the double four lobe texture was observed only in the field range of 120 to 160v. This observed peculiar phenomena is explained in terms field induced movement of CNTs and the subsequent reorientation of Liquid crystal molecules.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2012

배회성거미류인 광릉늑대거미(Arctosa kwangreungensis)를 실험재료로 배후발생에 따른 거미 중추신경계의 형태적 분화와 그 조직학적 변화를 관찰하였다. 식도를 중심으로 위쪽의 식도상신경절과 아래쪽의 식도하신경절이 서로 연결된 구조를 지닌 광릉늑대거미의 중추신경계는 부화가 이루어지는 후기배아 시기 이전에 확립되었고, 전대뇌(protocerebrum) 영역도 구분되었다. 후기배아 단계에서는 시각정보를 수용하는 시엽(optic lobe)의 발달이 미진하였으나 알주머니를 벗어나 본격적인 먹이활동을 시작하는 제2령 시기를 전후하여 성체와 동일한 신경계의 체제가 구축되었다. 후기배아 시기에 관찰된 식도상신경절의 미분화 세포들로부터 시각기 신경절이 발생되었고, 식도하신경절에서는 네 쌍의 부속지 신경절과 복부 신경절이 분화되었다. 또한, 발생 중인 유충의 중추신경계에서는 조직학적 특성이 다른 세 유형의 신경세포들이 관찰되었고, 발생단계에 따라 이들 세포집단의 이동과 분포상의 차이가 확인되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.391-395
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• 2000

Calexcitin, a calcium-binding protein, was previously cloned and functionally characterized in the squid Loligo pealei. We now report the cloning of a second form of Calexcitin, Calexcitin-2, found in the squid Todarodes pacificus optic lobe. Calexcitin-2 has a significantly different carboxyl terminal region than Calexcitin-1. It lacks the CAAX motif, which is a farnesylation site. The amino acid sequence of Calexcitin-2 shows an 84% identity with Calexcitin-1 and also displays a strong cross immunoreactivity. Western blotting shows that Calexcitin-2 was expressed exclusively in the optic lobe region of squid, but not in other body organs. Regardless of its lack of conserved regions for GTP-binding, Calexcitin-2 shows moderately low affinity GTP-binding and also shows dramatic conformational change induced by GTP-binding. Three possible GTP-binding region mutations, K142A, D144A, and K157A, did not change the G TP binding affinity. This raises the possibility that Calexcitin-2 may have a novel GTP-binding motif.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.428-438
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• 1992

The serotonin-immunoreactive (5-HTil neurons have been investigated in the brains of lanra, pupa and adult from Pieris ropae. There are ca. 54 5-HTi neurons in 5-instar larva, ca. 20 in 2-dav-old pupa and ca. 118 in 1-day-old adult, respectively. Most of these 5-HTi neurons are interneurons, but efferent and afferent 5-HTi neurons were also observed. Most of the 5-HTi neurons project into the central neuropils of postembrvonic brains. The larval brain contains abundant 5-HTi processes in the central neuropils, including those in three cerebral commissures. But in the pupal brain the 5-HTi processes are restricted in small numbers to the given regions of central neuropil. The adult brain contains a large number of 5-HTi processes in mushroom body, central body complex, lateral protocerebrum, protocerebral bridge, antennal lobe, and tritocerebral and suboesophageal neuropils. However, the 5-HTi processes are not found in the optic lobe of the brains. One prominent feature of the 5-HTi fibers in the postembrvonic brains is the fact that they are greatly arborized.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.120-133
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• 1989

꿀벌부채명나방의 후기유충, 전용, 유충 직후용, 4일용, 성충2일전용, 성체에서 뇌를 적출하여 paraidehyde-fuchsin으로 분비활성 신경분비세포만을 염색하여 이 세포들의 분포, 수, 분비물질의 특성등이 변태시기에 따라 변화하는 것으로 추적하였다. 위의 6변태단계 뇌의 뇌간부, 전뇌측부, 시엽근역부, 중뇌, 후뇌에서 4형의 신경분비세포가 동정되었다. 뇌간부에 있는 medial neurosecretory cell은 6변태시기 뇌에서 3-7개이며, 제I형 신경분비세포는 1개를 가지고 있는 성충2일전용을 제외하고는 전반적으로 3개씩 관찰되었다. 전뇌측부에서 관찰되는 lateral neurosecretory cell은 용기와 성충기에서 1-5개가 관찰되었으며 제IV형 신경분비세포가 가장 많았다. 시엽근역부에 분포하는 Optic-lobe neurosecretory cell은 4일용에서만 1개가 관찰되었고 제I형 신경분비세포로 확인되었다. 중뇌에서 관찰되는 deuto cerebral neurosecretory cell은 성충에서만 1개가 관찰되었으며 이 세포는 제II형 신경분비세포이었다. 뇌에 있는 tritocerebral neurosecretory cell은 후기유충과 성충에서 3개와 1개가 각각 관찰되었으며 이 세포중 제I형 신경분비세포는 관찰되지 않았다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.152-156
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• 2014

We report on a patient who showed visual recovery following bilateral occipital lobe infarct, as evaluated by follow up functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). A 56-year-old female patient exhibited severe visual impairment since onset of the cerebral infarct in the bilateral occipital lobes. The patient complained that she could not see anything, although the central part of the visual field remained dimly at 1 week after onset. However, her visual function has shown improvement with time. As a result, at 5 weeks after onset, she notified that her visual field and visual acuity had improved. fMRI and DTT were acquired at 1 week and 4 weeks after onset, using a 1.5-T Philips Gyroscan Intera. The fiber number of left optic radiation (OR) increased from 257 (1-week) to 353 (4-week), although the fiber numbers for right OR were similar. No activation in the occipital lobe was observed on 1-week fMRI. By contrast, activation of the visual cortex, including the bilateral primary visual cortex, was observed on 4-week fMRI. We demonstrated visual recovery in this patient in terms of the changes observed on DTT and fMRI. It appears that the recovery of the left OR was attributed more to resolution of local factors, such as peri-infarct edema, than brain plasticity.