• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.413-417
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• 2000

The effect of ischemia/reperfusion-induced neuronal damage on the memory impairment were investigated using active avoidance and Morris water maze tasks in Wistar rats. Focal ischemia was induced by 1 h occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) of Wistar male rats. Reperfusion was induced by releasing the occlusion and restoring the blood circulation for 24 h. The acquisition and preservation memory tested by active avoidance showed a significant difference between the sham and ischemia/reperfusion group. The water maze acquisition performance was also significant difference between sham and ischemia/repefusion groups in both latency and moving distance. The infarction volume was increased by the ischemia/reperfusion. Furthermore, the cresyl violet staining of the ischemia/reperfusion brain showed severe neuronal damage (pyramidal cell loss) in the cortex in addition to the striatum lesion of brain. This study shows that pyramidal cell damage in the cortex lesion may be partially related to memorial disturbance in the ischemia/reperfusion brain injury.

• 대한중풍순환신경학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2005

입원 당시 제증상의 소실을 보여 일과성 허혈성 발작으로 의심되었으나, 조기 뇌혈관 재개통으로 뇌경색 초기에 증상의 완전한 회복을 보인 환자 1례가 있어 이에 보고하는 바이다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제34권4호통권135호
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• pp.335-338
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• 2003

It is thought that highly reactive oxygen species generated after strokes plays a key role in damaging the brain. We examined free radical scavenging activity and neuroprotective effects of several medicinal herbs in a rat model of transient ischemia. Free radical scavenging property of medicinal herbs was examined in vitro using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl stable free radical. Transient ischemia was induced by intraluminal occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery for 120 min, followed by reperfusion for 22 hr in rats. Aqueous extracts of 8 medicinal herbs (200 mg/kg) were orally administered twice to transient ischemic rat prior to reperfusion and 2 hr after reperfusion. Total infarction volume in the hemisphere ipsilateral to the ischemia-reperfusion was significantly decreased in 7 groups treated with Sophora flavescens, Lycopus lucidus, Sanguisorba officinalis, Caesalpinia sappan, Albizia julibrissin, Rubia akane, Psoralea corylifolia, or Prunella vulgaris. However, neuroprotective effects of these medicinal herbs were not correlated with their antioxidative activities. These results suggest that these medicinal herbs exert neuroprotection via antioxidative as well as unknown mechanism.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.215-228
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• 1997

Extrapyramidal movement disorders are divided descriptively into hypokinesias(such as parkinsonism), characterized by poverty and slowness of movement : hyperkinesias(such as chorea, athetosis, dystonia, ballism, etc.), manifested by abnormal involuntary movement. Chorea refers to widespread arrythythmic movements of a forcible, rapid, jerky, restless type Choreic movements are noted for their irregularity and variability. They are generally continuous, may be simple or quite elaborate, and affect any part of the body. Dystonla refers to abnormally increased muscular tone that causes fixed abnormal postures. Some patients with dystonia also have shifting postures, resulting from irregular, forceful twisting movement that affect trunk and produce bizarre, grotesque movements and positions of the body. The most frequent and familiar type of focal dystonia is spasmodic torticollis. It consists of an involuntary turning of the head to one side - intermittent at first, then gradually worsening to the point of being more or loss continuous. The combination of blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia is sometimes refered to as Meige's syndrome. We report two patients with dystonia and chorea in cerebral infarction at basal ganglia. We have experienced good improvement by the oriental medicine and acupuncture treatment.'rho acupuncture points of LI 4, ST 36, TE 3, GB 34, GB 41, LR 3, GB 39 were used. The therapies of herb-medicine were treated by Zibu-Ganshen(滋補肝腎), Huoxue-Xifeng-Tongluo(活血息風通絡).

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.169-174
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• 2007

In the present study, we investigated the neuroprotective effects of standardized Ginkgo biloba extract (GBB) (total terpene trilactones, 13 ${\pm}$ 3%; biflavone, 4.5 ${\pm}$ 1.5%; flavonol glycoside, < 8%; proanthocyanidine, under detection limit) on ischemia-reperfusion-induced brain injury in the rats. Ischemia was induced by the intraluminal occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery for 2 h and reperfusion was continued for 22 h. GBB was orally administered, promptly prior to reperfusion and 2 h after. Total infarction volume in the ipsilateral hemispheres of ischemia-reperfusion rats were significantly reduced by treatment with GBB in a dose-dependent manner (P<0.05). The therapeutic time window of GBB was 3 h in this ischemia-reperfusion rat model. Furthermore, GBB also significantly inhibited increased neutrophil infiltration of ischemic brain tissue, as estimated by myeloperoxidase activity. These findings suggest that GBB plays a crucial protective role in ischemia-induced brain injury, in part, via inhibition of neutrophil infiltration, and suggest that this GBB could serve as a neuroprotective agent following transient focal ischemic brain injury.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.293-300
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• 1994

두부외상후 후유증으로 기질적 정신장애를 호소하는 환자들에서 Tc-99m HMPAO 뇌혈류 SPECT 검사의 임상적 유용성을 알아보고자 교통사고 및 추락 등에 의한 두부외상후 평균 23개월이 경과되고, 지속적인 여러 정신적 장애를 호소하여 1991년 9월부터 1994년 3월까지 충남대학교병원에서 기질성 정신장애로 진단받고 Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT 검사를 시행한 29명의 환자들을 대상으로 본 연구를 수행하였다. 정신감정결과, CT 및 MRI 결과와 Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT 결과를 비교하여 다음과 같은 성적을 얻었다. 1) 두부외상후 기질적 정신장애로 진단된 환자 모두가 Tc-99m HMPAO 뇌혈류 SPECT상 이상소견을 보였으며 MRI상에서는 57%, EEG검사에서는 33%만이 이상소견을 나타냈다. 2) 대상환자 28명중 중 SPECT상 가장 많은 병변은 양측 전두엽 혈류감소 소견(68%)이었으며 MRI 검사에서도 전두엽에 병변(43%)을 보이는 경우가 가장 많았다. 3) MRI 검사상 병변부위에 SPECT상 정상 소견을 보였던 병변은 8예(22%)로 전두엽의 수활액낭종(hygroma) 4예, 작은 뇌경색부위 3예, 및 소뇌의 뇌연화증 1예 이었다. 4) MRI 검사가 정상인 환자 12명중 SPECT상 가장 많은 뇌내 병변은 양측 전두엽의 혈류감소(92%)소견이었다. 5) MMSE 검사상 20점 미만인 환자들에서 20점 이상인 환자군보다 EEG 또는 MRI상 이상소견을 보인 경우가 많았다. 이상의 결과로 저자들은 기질성 정신장애 환자에서 Tc-99m HMPAO 뇌혈류 SPECT는 MRI나 EEG보다 매우 예민한 검사방법으로 생각하였다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.503-512
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• 2001

Objective : This study was carried out to investigate the effects of DDT on the brain damage and hypertension. Methods : We observed the effect of Dodamtang(DDT) extract on KCN-induced coma, focal brain ischemia by MCA occlusion, cytotoxicity and protection of PC12 cells and B103 cells induced by amyloid ${\beta}$ protein(25-35). To prove the effect of DDT as a blood pressure depressant, we measured aldosterone, renin activity, catecholamine, sodium and NO density using the seperated blood plasma. Results : DDT showed a protective effect on cytotoxicity of PC12 cells and B103 cells induced by amyloid ${\beta}$ protein(25-35) in a dose dependent manner and proved the significant abridgement of brain ischemic area and edema induced by MCA occlusion, a critical decrease of neurologic deficitic grade in the fore-limbs. DDT didn't reduce the duration of KCN(1.87mg/kg iv.)-induced coma and prolonged the survival rate in the case of KCN(3.0mg/kg iv.)-induced coma by the ratio of 20%. While DDT increased the value of NO in SHR, it significantly decreased the blood pressure of SHR and the value of aldosterone& epinephrine in SHR. Conclusions : These results suggested that DDT might be usefully applied for treatment of hypertension, cerebral infarction, and brain damage.