• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.95-101
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• 2021

Patients complaining with somatic symptoms are very common in clinical practice, and are often consulted to medical department. But it is difficult to treat well. The treatment of somatic symptom disorder is multi-modal as none of the methods on their own provide a satisfactory outcome. The treatment of somatic symptoms disorders is complicated by lack of boundary, conceptual clarity, and overemphasis on psychosocial causation and effectiveness of psychological treatments. In clinical practice all classes of psychotropics are used to treat somatic symptoms disorder. Drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants, serotonin reuptake inibitors(SSRI), serotonin and noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors (SNRI), atypical antipsychotics are studied. The evidence indicates that these drugs are effective in somatic symptom disorders. All classes of antidepressants seem to be effective against somatic symptom disorders. SSRIs are more effective against hypochondriasis and body dysmorphic disorder, and SNRIs appear to be more effective than other antidepressants when pain is predominant. The author suggest that psychiatrists should know how to treat patients complaining with somatic symptoms by using not only psychotherapeutic approach but also pharmacological treatment. It will be helpful to reduce suffering and increase quality of life of these patients.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.123-128
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• 2000

To enhance in vitro plantlet regeneration efficiency of soybean through embryogenesis, the culture conditions such as material part and size of immature seed, 2,4-D, pH and solidifying agents for somatic embryogenesis were investigated. Somatic embryogenesis was induced from the immature embryo, immature cotyledon and embryonic axis explants of the immature seed on MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg/L 2,4-D. The highest rate (up to 22.9%) of somatic embryogenesis was obtained from the immature cotyledon, following embryonic axis and the immature embryo. The rate varied with the developmental stages of seed. The maximum rate (25.4%) of embryogenesis was obtained from 3-4 mm length of the seed (after 25 days of flowering). The optimum concentration of 2,4-D for embryogenesis was 10 mg/L. The optimum pH was at 5.8 and solidifying agent for medium was better with 0.4% gelrite than with agar. For rapid multiplication of shoot tips from the germinating somatic embryos, they were cultured on MS medium containing 2 mg/L indole-3-butyyic acid (IBA) and 1 mg/L 6-benzyladenine (BA). After then somatic embryos with one and three cotyledons were transferred to the growth regulator free medium. The medium exhibited the higher rate (ca. 50%) of development than the multiplication medium.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.89-97
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• 2020

Objectives : We investigated heart rate variability (HRV) patterns in patients with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) and the relationships of these patterns with alexithymia. Methods : In total, 42 patients with SSD and 33 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Demographic, psychological, and HRV data were assessed at baseline, and 24 patients with SSD were reassessed after 6 months of treatment. The psychological data included somatic symptoms and levels of depression, anxiety, and alexithymia as indicated by the somatic symptom subscale of the Symptom Checklist 90-Revision (SCL-12), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20 (TAS-20), respectively. Results : Patients with SSD had a lower standard deviation of normal-to-normal R-R intervals (SDNN) and lower proportions of adjacent R-R intervals greater than 50 milliseconds (pNN50) compared with controls. These HRV parameters were negatively correlated with alexithymia severity. After treatment, patients exhibited significantly decreased levels of somatic symptoms and reduced anxiety and depression, but there were no significant differences in the HRV parameters. In patients with alexithymia, a high baseline SDNN and pNN50 were associated with a decrease in somatic symptoms. Conclusions : Patients with SSD have different HRV patterns, and several HRV parameters are associated with alexithymia severity. These findings suggest that ANS regulation is involved in the pathophysiology of SSD, mediated by alexithymia. Furthermore, these results suggest that certain HRV parameters may be associated with clinical outcomes of SSD.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.87 no.1
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• pp.57-61
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• 1998

Somatic embryo induction, plant regeneration, and field establishment were investigated from tissue cultured winter buds of a 10-year-old tree Aralia elata. Embryogenic calli were obtained from cultures of winter buds on MS medium supplemented with 2,4-D. A number of somatic embryos were regenerated from the calli on an embryo induction medium supplemented with 2,4-D and BA. Although abnormal somatic embryos were frequently observed, most of the embryos formed were morphologically normal. All somatic embryos at the later stage of maturity germinated successfully, but only 14% of them could be developed into plantlets on MS basal medium. The plants regenerated from the somatic embryos survived well in the field (survival rates : more than 95%) and have grown normally for three years after transplanting.

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.153-157
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• 1995

Embryogenic callus induces from shoot tip and leaf segment of Zanthoxylum piperitum for producing somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration were cultured in vitro on Murashige and Tucker's(MT) medium treated with casein hydrolysate $NH_4NO_3$, $KNO_3$ and plant growth regulator. The most effective somatic embryogensis was observed in the medium added by two fold $NH_4NO_3$(3300mg/l)+2. 4-D 0.1mg/l and $KNO_3$(3800mg/l)+2.4-D 0.1mg/l. Also, MT medium supplemented with casein hydrolysate 700mg/l added by 2, 4-D 0.1mg/l were effective in obtainingn somatic embryos from embryogenic callus The effect ofm MT medium supplemented with casein hydrolysate without 2, 4-D was lower than that with (3300mg/l) 2, 4-D for the formation of somatic embryos.

• Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.23-30
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• 2008

The relationship between three phenological parameters and somatic embryogenesis was investigated during a two-year period. Staminodes and petals from six hybrids and two clones as controls were sowed on three distinct primary callus growth media. Flowering level, fructification level, and leaf thrusts rhythm as phenological parameters were measured simultaneously during the weekly harvest of flower buds. Mean and coefficient of variation of the measured parameters highlighted stable phenological phases. The relationship between phenological parameters and somatic embryogenesis was investigated first by comparing the variation of somatic embryogenesis and that of the phenological parameters, and second by using Pearson's linear correlation. Except for the fructification level in both control clones the first year, the other parameters recorded stable phenological phases, regardless of the genotype and year. Favorable and unfavorable phases for the somatic embryogenesis were identified. In hybrids, favorable phases included February, August, September, and October. In both control clones, time interval propitious to embryogenesis stretched from February to December. The significance of the coefficient of correlation seemed to establish a relationship between somatic embryogenesis and phenology. However, a causal link could not be established. Leaf thrusts rhythm was revealed to be the phenological parameter most linked to somatic embryogenesis. Attempts to optimize embryogenesis during unfavorable phases, showed that a correction of 2.4 D/TDZ concentration is not the solution.

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.15-19
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• 1999

For the induction of somatic embryogenic callus, the penduncle explants of Corydalis remota for peatinata were cultured on MS basal media supplemented with 2,4-D, kinetin and zeatin. The highest embryogenic callus formation was observed on the media containing 2.0 mg/L of 2,4-D and 2.0 mg/L of zeatin. The somatic embryogenesis on the media with 0.5 mg/L of cytokinin (zeatin or kinetin) were excellent under light condition, however somatic embryos abnormally developed into plantlets. Normal dicotyledonary plantlets were found on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/L of zeatin. When MS medium with 2,4-D plus cytokinin and with BAP were used, the secondary somatic embryogenesis took place in root explants of the regenerants derived from in vitro somatic embryogenic callus.

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.77-81
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• 1995

When cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L NAA alone or 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D and 0.5 mg/L BA, immature zygotic embryos of Stewartia koreana formed embryogenic calli and somatic embryos. In investigate effect of sucrose concentration on somatic embryo development, embryogenic calli were transferred to MS basal medium containing 1.5,3, 6 or 9% sucrose. The greatest frequency of somatic embryos was obtained on medium containing 6% sucrose. However addition of 1.5 or 9% sucrose to medium inhibited somatic embryo germination and development into normal plantlet After 5 weeks of hardening culture on medium containing 6% sucrose, somatic embryos were transferred to half strangth MS medium supplemented with 0.1% charcol, wherein these embryo developed into the normal plantlets.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.259-265
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• 2008

Picea koraiensis, called Korean spruce, is an evergreen tree and found mostly in northeast Asia. In this study, plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from open-pollinated immature zygotic embryos of nine geno-types of elite trees was established. Immature zygotic embryos were cultured onto RJW medium modified from 505 medium with $21.48{\mu}M$ NAA, $2.22{\mu}M$ BA, and $2.32{\mu}M$ KT. The average frequency for all nine genotypes was 74.2%. Embryogenic calluses of the nine genotypes of elite trees were subcultured on RJW basal medium containing $8.06{\mu}M$ NAA, $1.11{\mu}M$ BA, and $1.16{\mu}M$ kinetin. The calluses of three lines, $3^{\sharp}$, $9^{\sharp}$, and $2^{\sharp}$, were actively proliferated but others were not. Somatic embryogenesis was induced from the embryogenic callus in genotypes of $3^{\sharp}$, $9^{\sharp}$, and $2^{\sharp}$ on RJW medium with ABA and $60g\;l^{-1}$ sucrose. Cotyledonary somatic embryos were subjected to a drying process. The drying of embryos by uncapping the culture bottle for 5 days on a clean bench resulted in a high frequency of germination of somatic embryos (87% in RJW medium). However, plantlet conversion from germinated embryos was greatly reduced and the optimal medium for plant conversion was 1/2 WPM or 1/2 BMI medium. In conclusion, we have, for the first time, established a plant regeneration system via somatic embryogenesis in the Korean spruce, which can be applied for rapid micropropagation of elite trees.

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.231-236
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• 1998

Carrot cotyledon explants cultured on MS medium with 1 mg/L 2,4-D were transferred to a hormone-free solid medium overlaid with filter paper in order to elucidate the effect of simple physical treatment on the development and germination of somatic embryos. Transfer of the explants cultured for one week on MS basal medium overlaid with 3 sheets of filter paper on to MS basal medium increased somatic embryo production 2-39 times over the one week culture on medium without filter paper overlay. Maturation and germination of somatic embryos was more prominent on medium overlaid with filter paper than on medium without filter paper. The explants cultured for one week on filter paper overlay added with liquid medium showed prominent decrease in somatic embryo formation compared to filter paper overlay only. It is suggested that the filter paper overlay affected the moisture environment of the somatic embryos developing on it.