• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2002

The blood pressure (BP) is regulated by the nervous system and humoral factors, such as renin- angiotensin system, vasopressin and others. In the present study, we examined the central effects of glutamate and GABA on the cardiovascular regulation by injection of these substances into the lateral ventricle and also investigated the relationship between these central effects and the action of angiotensin II (Ang). Male Sprague Dawley rats, $350{\sim}400$ g, were anesthetized with urethane and instrumented with an arterial catheter for direct measurement of BP and heart rate (HR), and an guide cannula in the lateral ventricle for drug injection. A glass microelectode was inserted into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) for recording single unit spikes. Barosensitive neurons were identified by changes of single unit spikes in RVLM following intravenous injection of nitroprusside and phenylephrine. The effects of GABA and glutamate injected into the lateral ventricle were studied in single neuronal activity of the RVLM in addition to changes in BP and heart rate, and compared the results before and after treatment with intravenous losartan, nonpeptide Ang II-type 1 receptor antagonist (1 mg/100 g BW). Intracerebroventricular administration of GABA decreased systolic blood pressure (SBP) and HR, but increased the firing rates in the RVLM. However, intracerebroventricular glutamate injection produced effects opposite to GABA. After pretreatment of intravenous losartan, the central effects of GABA on BP and firing rate in the RVLM were significantly attenuated and that of glutamate showed a tendency of attenuation. These results suggested that central GABA and glutamate regulated BP and firing rates in RVLM were inversely related to BP change. The central effects of GABA or glutamate on the autonomic nervous function were modulated by humoral factor, Ang II, by maintaining BP.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2016

본 논문은 초음파 거리계를 이용하는 쿼드로터 무인항공기의 고도 제어 성능 향상을 위한 정상 웨이블릿 변환 기법을 제시하였다. 쿼드로터의 수직 이착륙 시 많이 사용되는 초음파 거리계를 이용하여 지상시험을 수행하였다. 초음파 거리계는 정반사율(specular reflectance)과 음향 잡음 (acoustic noise)으로 인한 신호의 스파이크가 생긴다. 짧은 시간 간격으로 발생하는 스파이크는 시간과 주파수 영역에서의 동시 분석을 필요로 한다. 정상 웨이블릿 변환은 DWT (discrete wavelet transform)에서 다운샘플링에 의해 발생하는 문제점을 해결하기 위한 변환방법으로써 잡음제거에 DWT보다 효과적이라고 알려져 있다. 이에 초음파 거리계의 스파이크를 정상 웨이블릿 변환 기법을 이용하여 분석하였고, 실험결과 초음파 거리계의 스파이크를 효과적으로 제거할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.34-44
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• 1996

보리 분얼성 isogenic line 4계통(Kindred, Morex)을 이용하여 파종양 및 결주율에 따른 주요 형질의 변화를 조사하였다. t. 다얼성 계통은 단간성 계통에 비하여 곡립의 수양은 46％, 엽면적지수 56％가 높았으나, 단간성 계통은 정립률이 69％ 천립중은 27％가 높았다. 2. 단단성 계통은 출수기가 4∼8일, 성숙기는 2∼3일 빨랐다. 3. 곡립수양은 수수에 따른 직선회귀에 잘 적용되어 수수의 기여도가 매우 컷다. 4. 결주율이 증가함에 따라서 1수입수 및 천립중이 다소 증가하나 수수의 감소로 곡립의 수양이 현저히 감소되었다. 5. 반면에 결주율이 증가될 때 정립률, 엽의 광합성능 및 분얼수가 증가하였다. 6. 분얼성 isogenic line이 재해에 의해서 결주가 발생시 수수가 곡립의 수양을 좌우하였다. 7. 단간성 인자의 도입, 육종 및 보급을 위해선 이들 동질유전자 계통을 포장에 다년간 반복 실험하여 보다 정밀한 평가가 이루어져야 한다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2000

In order to develop an appropriate cultural practice for a newly bred 2-rowed, waxy, naked barley cultivar 'Duwonchapssalbori' in the southern region, 2 varieties, 3 seeding dates, 4 seeding rates were designed with 2 replications. The heading and maturity dates of 'Duwonchapssalbori' were' earlier than 'Saessalbori by 2-5 and 4 days, respectively. Culm length of 'Duwonchapssalbori' was 60 to 66cm with lodging resistance. Grain yields of both varieties were 4.28-4.33 ton/ha in the plot of Oct. 20 seeding, 4.11-4.18 ton in the plot of Oct. 28 seeding, and 3.7-13.89 ton/ha in the Nov. 5 seeding. Grain yield with different seeding rates highly significantly fitted with secondary polynomial equations in the plots of Oct. 20 and Oct. 28 seedings ($R^2$=0.84-0.85), showing the greatest yield with seeding rate of 140kg per ha. However, the grain yield with various seeding rates in the plot of Nov. 5 seeding showed simple linear regression ($R^2$=0.71), showing the seeding rate over 160kg in the case of later seeding to be optimal. Number of spikes per $m^2$ significantly contributed to grain yield, and fitted to simple linear regression ($R^2$=0.881-0.891), suggesting that plenty of early stands should be established at early seedling stage for high grain yield. Young spikes of 'Duwonchapssalbori' in the plot of Oct. 20 seeding elongated with linear increments since Feb. 10 (6.7mm), and showed rapid increment since March 7 (15.1mm). However, elongation of young spikes of 'Saessalbori' began from March 15 with slow increments. From these studies, the optimum seeding date and seeding rate in 'Duwonchapssalbori' were Oct. 20-28 and 140kg per ha for high grain yield in the southern regions.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 1986

The influences of extracellular $Ca^{2+}\;and\;K^+$ upon the spike action potentials were studied in isolated uterine strips of rat. Regular, rhythmic uterine contractions were induced by the administration of oxytocin$(0.2{\sim}0.5\;I.U.)$, and recorded with force transducer. Spike action potentials were extracellularly measured by use of suction electrode, and compared with those recorded intracellularly by glass microelectrode. The results obtained were as follows : 1) The frequency and duration of spike bursts, and the number of spikes in a burst could be analyzed by use of both methods. But the absolute values of membrane potential were not measurable with the suction electrode. 2) The duration of contraction$(CD_{90};\;the\;duration\;of\;90%\;relaxation)$ was lengthened from the control 17.0 sec to 20.6 sec, in parallel with the increase of spike number from the control 21 to 26, as the increase in $Ca^{2+}$ concentration from 2 to 4 mM. 3) The amplitude and frequency of contractions were gradually decreased, simultaneously with the decrease in the number of spikes in a burst, when the $Ca^{2+}-antagonist$, verapamil was administered cumulatively. 4) The number of spikes was changed from the control 15 to 7, in cabs of the administration of ver)'low dose of verapamil$(10^{-6}\;g/l)$. 5) Increase in the numbers of spike bursts was well matched to the increase in frequency of contractions when extracellular $K^+$ was increased.

• BioChip Journal
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.332-339
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• 2018

The future neuro-prosthetic devices would be required spikes data monitoring through sub-nanoscale transistors that enables to neuroscientists and clinicals for scalable, wireless and implantable applications. This research investigates the spikes monitoring through integrated CNT front-end amplifier for neuro-prosthetic diagnosis. The proposed carbon nanotube-based architecture consists of front-end amplifier (FEA), integrate fire neuron and pseudo resistor technique that observed high electrical performance through neural activity. A pseudo resistor technique ensures large input impedance for integrated FEA by compensating the input leakage current. While carbon nanotube based FEA provides low-voltage operation with directly impacts on the power consumption and also give detector size that demonstrates fidelity of the neural signals. The observed neural activity shows amplitude of spiking in terms of action potential up to $80{\mu}V$ while local field potentials up to 40 mV by using proposed architecture. This fully integrated architecture is implemented in Analog cadence virtuoso using design kit of CNT process. The fabricated chip consumes less power consumption of $2{\mu}W$ under the supply voltage of 0.7 V. The experimental and simulated results of the integrated FEA achieves $60G{\Omega}$ of input impedance and input referred noise of $8.5nv/{\sqrt{Hz}}$ over the wide bandwidth. Moreover, measured gain of the amplifier achieves 75 dB midband from range of 1 KHz to 35 KHz. The proposed research provides refreshing neural recording data through nanotube integrated circuit and which could be beneficial for the next generation neuroscientists.

• 한국조류학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2018

감전사는 야생 조류의 사망에 영향을 끼치는 중요한 요인 중 하나이다. 예산군에서는 2015년부터 총 30마리의 황새(Ciconia boyciana)를 야생으로 복귀시켰지만 2마리가 전봇대에서 감전으로 사망하였다. 감전으로 인한 사망을 줄이기 위해서 사육 황새 8마리를 대상으로 전봇대를 횃대로 사용하는 것을 감소시키기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 2017년 3월부터 5월까지 흔한 2가지 형태의 전봇대에 조류퇴치용 스파이크와 와이어를 조합하여 설치한 후 황새의 이용 현황을 확인하였다. 실험 결과 스파이크 또는 스파이크와 와이어를 조합한 전봇대에는 황새의 횃대 사용이 유의미하게 줄어든 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 전봇대 상부에 조류퇴치용 스파이크 설치가 황새의 전봇대 이용을 줄일 수 있다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.541-553
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• 2023

Retinal prostheses have shown some clinical success in restoring vision in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. However, the post-implantation visual acuity does not exceed that of legal blindness. The reason for the poor visual acuity might be that (1) degenerate retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are less responsive to electrical stimulation than normal RGCs, and (2) electrically-evoked RGC spikes show a more widespread not focal response. The single-biphasic pulse electrical stimulation, commonly used in artificial vision, has limitations in addressing these issues. In this study, we propose the benefit of multiple consecutive-biphasic pulse stimulation. We used C57BL/6J mice and C3H/HeJ (rd1) mice for the normal retina and retinal degeneration model. An 8 × 8 multi-electrode array was used to record electrically-evoked RGC spikes. We compared RGC responses when increasing the amplitude of a single biphasic pulse versus increasing the number of consecutive biphasic pulses at the same stimulus charge. Increasing the amplitude of a single biphasic pulse induced more RGC spike firing while the spatial resolution of RGC populations decreased. For multiple consecutive-biphasic pulse stimulation, RGC firing increased as the number of pulses increased, and the spatial resolution of RGC populations was well preserved even up to 5 pulses. Multiple consecutive-biphasic pulse stimulation using two or three pulses in degenerate retinas induced as much RGC spike firing as in normal retinas. These findings suggest that the newly proposed multiple consecutive-biphasic pulse stimulation can improve the visual acuity in prosthesis-implanted patients.

• 분석과학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.170-178
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• 2016

팔중극자 반응셀을 장착한 사중극자 유도결합플라즈마 질량분광기에서 동위원소 희석법을 사용하여 셀레늄을 분석할 때에 여러 다른 스파이크 동위원소들 ⁷⁶Se, ⁷⁷Se, 및 ⁷⁸Se에 대한 정확도와 정밀도를 비교하였다. 무기 셀레늄 표준용액에 대한 분석결과, ID분석법의 정확도는 매일의 결과는 물론 장기간(세 달간)에도 세 개의 스파이크 모두 1 % 이내의 오차만을 보여주었고 %RSD도 1 % 수준이었다. 동위원소 스파이크 ⁷⁶Se, ⁷⁷Se 은 그 결과값은 비슷하며 ⁷⁸Se이 조금 더 나은 결과를 보여주었다. 하지만 실제시료인 기준물질 NIST SRM 1568a(쌀분말)과 NIST SRM 2967(홍합)에서는 사용하는 스파이크 동위원소에 따라 서로 다른 정확도와 정밀도를 보여주는데 가장 큰 이유는 측정 및 계산에 사용된 m/z에 대한 서로 다른 여러 간섭 때문으로 나타났다. ORC사용으로 인한 SeH의 생성때문에 나타나는 간섭을 보정한 뒤 매트릭스에 포함된 Br, As에 의한 간섭에 대한 보정을 하였다. 결과, 비교적 간단한 매트릭스를 가진 쌀분말일 때 ⁷⁶Se, ⁷⁷Se, 및 ⁷⁸Se은 서로 비슷한 결과를 얻었으며 각 각 80% 정도의 회수율을 꾸준하게 보여주었다. 정밀도는 ⁷⁸Se의 경우에는 1.8% RSD로서 무기표준물의 경우와 비슷하다. ⁷⁶Se와 ⁷⁷Se는 각 각 8.6%, 6.3% RSD로서 약간 높지만 전체적으로 이 실험은 신뢰할 수 있다고 보인다. 매트릭스가 복잡한 홍합의 경우에도 ⁷⁶Se와 ⁷⁷Se는 오차가 5 % 이내로서 정확한 결과를 보여주나 정밀도는 RSD 15 % 수준으로 조금 높은 편이다. 하지만 ⁷⁸Se의 경우에는 정확도도 나쁘지만 정밀도가 매우 나빠서(100% 이상의 RSD) 신뢰할 수 없는 결과를 보여준다. 이 는 ⁷⁸Se의 경우, 워낙 Br의 간섭이 크기 때문으로 비록 수학적 보정을 한다하여도 충분하지 않음을 보여준다. 따라서 스파이크 동위원소를 선택할 때에는 매트릭스가 간단하다면 신호가 높은 ⁷⁸Se동위원소를 선택하는 것이 조금 더 유리할 수 있지만 Br이나 간섭이 많을 때는 ⁷⁸Se은 피하고 ⁷⁶Se이나 ⁷⁷Se을 선택하여야 하며 이 경우 충분히 좋은 결과를 보여줄 수 있다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.63-67
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• 2012

A 4-year-old girl with Panayiotopoulos syndrome presented with a history of 4 prolonged autonomic seizures. The clinical features of her seizures included, in order of occurrence, blank staring, pallor, vomiting, hemi-clonic movement on the right side, and unresponsiveness. A brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a slightly high $T_2$ signal in the left hippocampus. Interictal electoencephalogram revealed spikes in the occipital area of the left hemisphere. We analyzed the current-source distribution of the spikes to examine the relationship between the current source and the high $T_2$ signal. The current source of the occipital spikes was not only distributed in the occipital area of both cerebral hemispheres, but also extended to the posterior temporal area of the left hemisphere. These findings suggest that the left temporal lobe may be one of the hyperexcitable areas and form part of the epileptogenic area in this patient. We hypothesized that the high $T_2$ signal in the left hippocampus of our patient may not have been an incidental lesion, but instead may be related to the underlying electroclinical diagnosis of Panayiotopoulos syndrome, and particularly seizure. This notion is important because an abnormal $T_2$ signal in the hippocampus may represent an acute stage of hippocampal injury, although there is no previous report of hippocampal pathology in Panayiotopoulos syndrome. Therefore, long-term observation and serial follow-up MRIs may be needed to confirm the clinical significance of the $T_2$ signal change in the hippocampus of this patient.