• 인지과학
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2003

본 연구는 집행기능의 범주에 속하는 행동적 억제(behavioral inhibition) 기능과 행동 감시(action monitoring) 기능의 공통점을 사건관련전위 요소 및 그 뇌 신경원 분석을 통해 비교 분석하였다. 피험자들에게 Go/NoGo 과제를 수행시키면서 측정, 분석한 사건관련전위인 N200 및 P300 요소는 NoGo 조건의 경우 전두엽 쪽에서 더욱 큰 진폭을 보였다는 점에서 NoGo 조건에서 요구되는 행동적 억제기능을 반영한다고 볼 수 있었다. 또한 전두엽 영역에서 오류반응 후에 관찰되는 부적 전위인 ERN 정반응 이후 관찰되는 CRN에 비해 보다 큰 진폭과 빠른 잠재기를 보였다는 점에서 행동감시의 신호가 오류반응에 대해 보다 크게 요구되는 것이라 추론할 수 있었다. 행동적 억제의 지표인 NoGo 조건에서의 N200과 P300 요소의 잠재기와 행동감시의 지표인 ERN 요소의 진폭간에는 유의미한 부적상관이 발견되었는데, 이는 행동적 억제의 효율성이 높은 피험자일수록 행동감시의 정도 또한 크게 나타냄을 시사하는 결과라 볼 수 있었다. 이러한 집행기능 지표들간의 관련성은 이들 사건관련전위 요소들의 신경원이 거의 유사한 위치인 전대상피질(anterior cingulate cortex)에서 나타난 뇌 신경원 국소화법 결과를 통해서도 지지되었으며, 이러한 결과를 전대상피질의 집행적 통제기능이라는 맥락에서 논의하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.410-414
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• 2013

As one of the effective methods for researching the objective tinnitus detection, the GPIAS (Gap Pre-pulse Inhibition of Acoustic Startle) measurement has been used to verify the existence of animal tinnitus objectively. The level and pattern of the background sound presented prior to a startle pulse are closely related with the GPIAS results. But the effect of the starting point of the background sound on animal startle responses has not been reported yet. In this paper, we present the implementation of a GPIAS measurement system based on an unconstrained enclosure to avoid animals' excessive constraint stress and deal with the animals' growth. After the performance of our implemented system has been tested through the animal experiment using 4 SD-rats, the effect of starting point of stimulus background sound on the startle response has been studied by the use of our implemented system. Through the results, it is verified that our system can measure the inhibition of animal startle responses due the gap pre-pulse for GPIAS calculation and the background sound starting point does not significantly effect on the startle response and the GPIAS values if the background sound continues for more than 300msec before a gap pre-pulse is presented.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2009년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.99-100
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• 2009

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1527-1532
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• 2016

Strain SPF4211, having hyaluronidase (HAase) inhibition activity, was isolated from P. davidiana (Carriere) Franch fruit (PrDF) sugar extract. The phenotypic and biochemical properties based on 16S rDNA sequencing and an API 50 CHB kit suggested that the organism was B. subtilis. To optimize the HAase inhibition activity of PrDF extract by fermentation of strain SPF4211, a central composite design (CCD) was introduced based on three variables: concentration of PrDF extract (X₁: 1-5%), amount of starter culture (X₂: 1-5%), and fermentation time (X₃: 0-7 days). The experimental data were fitted with quadratic regression equations, and the accuracy of the equations was analyzed by ANOVA. The statistical model predicted the highest HAase inhibition activity of 37.936% under the optimal conditions of X₁ = 1%, X₂ = 2.53%, and X₃ = 7 days. The optimized conditions were validated by observation of an actual HAase inhibition activity of 38.367% from extract of PrDF fermented by SPF4211. These results agree well with the predicted model value.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.287-293
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• 1996

The effect of taxol and ethyl-N-phenylcarbamate (EPC) on the growth and gravitropism of maize roots and coleoptiles was studied. Taxol is known to promote the assembly of microtubules (MTs) and stabilizes MTs by preventing depolymerization. EPC, on the contrary, is an anti-microtubule drug that promotes disassembly of MTs. Taxol, at 1 $\mu$M, inhibited gravitropic response of maize roots to about 40%, but did not inhibit growth; at 10 $\mu$M, it inhibited the gravitropic response of coleoptile segments of maize by approximately 50%, but did not inhibit growth, while 0.5 mM EPC inhibited both the gravitropic response and growth of maize roots by approximately 50%. Taxol, which inhibited the gravitropic response of maize roots and coleoptile segments, had no effect on either the polar or the bilateral transport of auxin. These results indicated that MT polymerization could not occur normally with taxol or EPC, so that if there was any abnormal rearrangement of MT, the gravitropic response was inhibited, which resulted from the inhibition of neither growth nor auxin transport. This results suggested that gravitropic response was related to the MT arrangement, and that both straight growth and the differential growth in gravitropic response could be regulated by different mechanisms.

• 인지과학
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.29-49
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 Tanaka와 Shimojo의 제안처럼 회귀억제와 회귀촉진이 각각 두정엽 및 측두엽 경로의 정보처리와 관련성이 있는지를 검증하고 동시에 회귀억제와 회귀촉진 현상이 정보처리의 어느 단계에서 발생하는지 사건관련전위 기법을 이용하여 규명하는 것이었다. 이전 시행과 현재 시행에서 표적이 제시되는 위치의 일치성 여부에 따라서 일치조건과 불일치조건을 구별하고 탐지과제, 위치 변별과제, 색 변별과제, 방위 변별과제 수행시의 피험자의 반응시간과 사건관련전위를 측정하였다. 탐지과제와 위치 변별과제 수행 시 일치조건과 불일치조건 사이의 유의미한 반응시간 차이를 발견하지는 못하였다. 하지만, 색 변별과제와 방위 변별과제 수행 시 회귀촉진 현상을 발견하였다. 위치 변별과제 수행 시 Pz영역에서 일치조건과 불일치조건 사이의 유의미한 사건관련전위 차이를 발견하였으며 색 변별과제 과제 수행 시 T8 영역에서 두 조건 사이의 유의미한 사건관련 전위 차이를 발견하였고, 방위 변별과제 수행 시 T7/T8 영역에서 두 조건 사이의 유의미한 경향성을 발견하였다. 사건관련 전위의 차이는 특히 반응시간 전 단계에서 발견되었다. 이와 같은 실험결과는 제한적이기는 하지만 회귀억제와 회귀촉진이 정보처리 후기 단계인 반응 전 단계에서 각각 두정엽과 측두엽에서 발생할 가능성을 시사한다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.639-646
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• 2005

In this research, we tried to develop the application method to water management and treatment using toxicity test method. When we measure the toxicity of environmental samples, we have to decide whether we take some countermeasures to reduce the toxicity or not. The first issue is how to set these action levels in each bioassays. A new idea was attempted to authorize indirect approach of each bioassays through the response characteristics against mixture of chemicals in water quality standard. The significant response in the cell-growth-inhibition bioassay was detected for standards-mixture(STDs). For acute toxicity assay, STDs-based implicit correlation between risks to humans and bioassay data showed a rational approach to set action levels in practical management. A simple model was proposed to describe and predict the changes in the total toxicity based on the concentrations of toxic-controlling chemicals during the ozonation of landfill leachates. On the basis of this simple model, toxicity reduction was predicted for pre-aggregation treatment before ozonation and ozone concentration during the ozonation. The method proposed in this study would be useful in optimizing water treatment processes and their running conditions in terms of the toxicity reduction efficacy.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2017

Advanced age is one of the risk factors for vascular diseases that are mainly caused by impaired nitric oxide (NO) production. It has been demonstrated that endothelial arginase constrains the activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and limits NO generation. Hence, arginase inhibition is suggested to be vasoprotective in aging. In this study, we examined the effects of intravenous injection of Piceatannol, an arginase inhibitor, on aged mice. Our results show that Piceatannol administration reduced the blood pressure in aged mice by inhibiting arginase activity, which was associated with NO production and reactive oxygen species generation. In addition, Piceatannol administration recovered $Ca^{2+}$/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II phosphorylation, eNOS phosphorylation and eNOS dimer stability in the aged mice. The improved NO signaling was shown to be effective in attenuating the phenylephrine-dependent contractile response and in enhancing the acetylcholine-dependent vasorelaxation response in aortic rings from the aged mice. These data suggest Piceatannol as a potential treatment for vascular disease.

• 보험의학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.84-87
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• 1984

1. 전신가토(全身家兎) 및 척수가토(脊髓家兎)에서 MAO 억제하(抑制下)에서의 brethylium의 tyramine 승압효과(昇壓效果)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 관찰(觀察)하였다. 2. 전신가토(全身家兎) 및 척수가토(脊髓家兎)에서 bretylium 정주(靜注) 후(後)에는 tyramine의 승압효과(昇壓效果)는 강화(强化)되었으나 MAO 억제제(抑制劑)인 catron을 정주(靜注)하고 bretylium을 추가(追加) 주입(注入)한 후(後)에는 tyramine의 승압효과(昇壓效果)는 catron 투여전(投與前)의 그것보다 감약(減弱)되었다. 3. Bretylium에 의한 tyramine 승압효과(昇壓效果)의 강화(强化)는 MAO 억제작용(抑制作用)으로 설명(說明)되고, tyramine 승압효과(昇壓效果)의 감약(減弱)은 교감신경말단(交感神經末端)의 차단작용(遮斷作用)으로 설명(說明)된다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.96-102
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• 2014

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is bacterial toxin that induces the activation of immune cells. Because the inhibition of pro-inflammatory effect of SEB can resolve the inflammation, I determined the influence of functional or structural change of SEB on immune cells. The post translational modification of protein occurs through carbamylation. Carbamylation can change the structure of proteins and can modify the biological activity of protein. In the present study, I investigated the effect of carbamylated SEB (CSEB) on the inflammatory response mediated by LPS in HL-60 cells. To determine the anti-inflammatory effect of CSEB, I produced carbamylated SEB using potassium cyanate (KCN) and then examined whether CSEB involved in cytokine releases and apoptosis of LPS-stimulated HL-60 cells. Although CSEB had not any effect on the LPS-stimulated HL-60 cells, the protein levels of IL-8, TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-$1{\beta}$ were significantly decreased by CSEB without cytotoxicity. CSEB also blocked Akt and NF-${\kappa}B$ activation. These results indicate that the suppressive effect of CSEB in LPS-stimulated cytokine releases is occurred by inhibition of Akt and NF-${\kappa}B$ activity. Through further studies, CSEB may be used as anti-inflammatory molecule that makes the immune system more efficient.