• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.985-994
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• 2000

Objective : There are some advantages of trigeminal evoked potential(TEP) recording compared to other somatosensory evoked potential(SSEP) recordings. The trigeminal sensory pathway has a pure sensory nerve branch, a broader receptive field in cerebral cortex, and a shorter pathway. Despite these advantages, there is little agreement as to what constitutes a normal response and what wave forms truly characterize the intraoperative TEP. This study presents the normative data of TEP recorded on the epidural surface of the rat with a platinum ball electrode. Materials & Methods : Under general anesthesia with urethane, the adult Sprague-Dawley male rats(300-350g) were given electrical stimulation with two stainless steel electrodes which were inserted into the subcutaneous layer of the area around whiskers. A reference electrode was positioned in the temporalis muscle ipsilateral to the recording site. Results : TEPs were recorded in the Par I area of somatosensory cortex and recorded most apparently on the point of 2mm posterior from the bregma and 6mm lateral from the midline. The typical wave form consisted of 5 peaks (N1-P1-N2-P2-N3 according to emerging order, upward negativity). Each latency to corresponding peaks was not influenced by the different intensities of stimulation, especially from 1 to 5mA. Average latencies of 5 peaks were in the following order ; 7.7, 11.1, 15, 22.3, 29.4ms. There was also no significant difference between latencies before and after administration of muscle relaxant(pancuronium). For the electrophysiological localization of recorded waves, the action potential of a single unit was recorded with glass microelectrode(filled with 2M NaCl, $3-5M{\Omega}$) in the thalamus of rat. A sharp wave was recorded in the VPM nucleus, in which the latency was shorter than that of N1. This suggests that all 5 peaks were generated by neural activities in the suprathalamic pathway. Conclusion : In terms of recording near-field potentials, our data also suggests that TEP in the rat may be superior to other SSEPs. In overall, these results may afford normative data for the studies of supratentorial lesions such as hydrocephalus or cerebral ischemia which can have an influence on near-field potentials.

• 멤브레인
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.203-209
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• 1998

에멀젼형 절삭유(Caltex, Trusol) 수용액을 공칭 세공크기가 0.22 $\mu$m 인 Millipore사의 GVHP 막과 0.2$\mu$m인 SUS 관형막(Mott 사)이 설치된 dead-end 및 십자형흐름 정밀여과 시스템으로 각각 분리하였다. 오일입자의 분포는 0.07 내지 0.22$\mu$m의 분포이었다. 투과유속을 예측하기 위하여 cake 여과모델 (CFM)과 standard pore blocking 모델(SPBM)을 적용하였다. Dead-end 시스템에서 0.01 vol% 절삭유 수용액을 400 rpm으로 교반시켜 투과시킬 경우, 100 kPa 이하에서는 CFM 이 투과유곡을 잘 나타내었으나, 150 kPa 이상에서는 SPBM을 적용할 수 있었다. 운전압력을 60에서 200 kPa로 갑자기 증가시키면 분리막 표면에 형성된 오일층이 파괴되고, 다시 60 kPa로 감소시킬 때 반복하여 오일층이 형성됨을 알 수 있었다. 투과기구가 CFM에서 SPBM 으로 전환되는 이른바 임계압력을 추정하였으며, dead-end system에서는 약 100 kPa이었다. Reynolds 수가 7080인 십자형흐름 시스템에서 농도를 0.01에서 0.03 vol%로 증가시키면 입계압력이 약 100에서 150 kPa로 증가하였다.