We investigated the activation of the cerebral cortex during active movement, passive movement, and functional electrical stimulation (FES), which was provided on wrist extensor muscles. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study was performed on 5 healthy volunteers. Tasks were the extension of right wrist by active movement, passive movement, and FES at the rate of .5 Hz. The regions of interest were measured in primary motor cortex (M1), primary somatosensory cortex (SI), secondary somatosensory cortex (SII), and supplementary motor area (SMA). We found that the contralateral SI and SII were significantly activated by all of three tasks. The additional activation was shown in the areas of ipsilateral S1 (n=2), and contralateral (n=1) or ipsilateral (n=2) SII, and bilateral SMA (n=3) by FES. Ipsilateral M1 (n=1), and contralateral (n=1) or ipsilateral SII (n=1), and contralateral SMA (n=1) were activated by active movement. Also, Contralateral SMA (n=3) was activated by passive movement. The number of activated pixels on SM1 by FES ( pixels) was smaller than that by active movement ( pixels) and nearly the same as that by passive movement ( pixels). Findings reveal that active movement, passive movement, and FES had a direct effect on cerebral cortex. It suggests that above modalities may have the potential to facilitate brain plasticity, if applied with the refined-specific therapeutic intervention for brain-injured patients.

본 연구는 가축유전자원의 효율적 보존방법의 개발을 위해 수행되는 체외 정자 세포 생산 연구의 일부로, 생산된 정자 세포의 발생능을 검사하기 위한 체외배양 시스템을 확립 할 목적으로 수행되었다. 성숙 배양시간을 48시간으로 하여 ethanol로 활성화처리한 후 TCM199에 의 소 태아 혈청으로 배양하였을 때 배반포까지 발달하지 못하였으나, NCSU23에 소 혈청 알부민으로 배양하였을 때 의 활성화된 난모세포가 배반포기까지 발달하였다. 성숙시간을 연장하여

본 연구에서는 행동활성화체계(behavioral activation system : BAS)와 행동억제체계(behavioral inhibition system BIS)의 개인차가 음향감성에 의한 전전두엽의 비대칭성과 심박동변이도(heart rate variability : HRV)에 미치는 영향을 밝히고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 피험자들을 BAS와 BIS 민감성의 고저에 따라 네 집단으로 분류하고 명상음악과 소음이 제시되는 동안 전전두엽의 비대칭성과 심박동변이도를 측정하였다. 전전두엽의 비대칭성을 측정한 결과, 명상음악에서는 BAS가 BIS에 비하여 민감도가 상대적으로 높을수록 전전두엽 편측치(asymmetry score)가 증가하였고, 소음조건에서는 BAS와 BIS 중 어느 하나라도 민감도가 높으면 소음과 같은 부정감성을 유발시키는 음 환경에서는 전전두엽의 편측치가 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 부정감성이 상대적으로 우측 전전두엽의 활성화를 증가시키는 반면, 긍정감성은 좌측 전전두엽의 활성화를 증가시킴을 알 수 있었다. 심박동변이도를 각 주파수 대역별로 전력을 분석한 결과, 명상음악에서는 BAS가 높고 BIS는 낮은 집단이 BAS와 BIS가 모두 낮은 집단에 비하여 심박동변이조의 감성평가지표로 알려진 MF/(LF+HF)가 유의하게 높았다. 또한 BAS가 높고 BIS는 낮은 집단은 명상음악 청취시가 소음 청취시에 비하여 MF/(LF+HF)가 더 높은 경향을 보였는데, 이는 BAS가 높고 BIS는 낮은 집단이 다른 집단에 비하여 긍정감성에 더 민감함을 의미한다. 본 연구결과는 전전두엽 비대칭성과 심박동변이도, 특히 MF/(LF+HF)가 긍정 및 부정감성을 평가할 수 있는 지표로 사용될 수 있음을 시사한다.

OXI-PAN fibers, Kynol fibers and rayon fibers were used as precursorsfor the preparation of activated carbon fibers (ACFs) by chemical activation with KOH at 800℃. The effects of different precursorfibers and fiber/KOH ratios on the final ACFs are discussed. The precursor fibers used are appropriate for the ACFs in a single stage pyrolysis process. The OXI-PAN fibers which were activated with KOH of 2.0M showed a specific surface area of 2328m2/g however, loosed the fiber shape because of low yields. The Kynol fibers and Rayon fibers showed the high yields but the lower specific surface area of 900m2/g and 774m2/g, respectively, at KOH of 1.5M. The OXI-PAN fibers which were activated with KOH of 1.5M have a specific surface area of 1028m2/g and higher micro-pore volumes and lower yields rather than Kynol-1.5 and Rayon-1.5 samples. This phenomenon is because of higher chemical resistance of the Kynol and Rayon fibers rather than OXI-PAN fibers. However, the Kynol fibers were the best precursors on KOH activation at 800℃ considered carbon yields, surface areas and micropore volumes.

Isotropic pitch based carbon fibers were exposed to isothermal oxidation in carbon dioxide gas to study the activation kinetics under the temperature of 800~1100℃. The kinetic equation f=1--(-atb) was introduced and the constant b was obtained in the range of 0.92~1.25. It was shown that the activated carbon fiber shows the highly specific surface area (SSA) when the constant b comes close to 1. The activation kinetics were evaluated by the reaction-controlling regime (RCR) according to changes of the apparent activation energy with changes of the conversion. It was observed that the activation energies increase from 47.6 to 51.2 kcal/mole with the conversion increasing from 0.2 to 0.8. It was found that the pores of the activated carbon fiber under the chemical reaction were developed well through the fiber.

본 연구는 돼지 태아 섬유아세포유래 공여세포를 미세주입에 의해 주입 후 재 조합한 핵 이식 배에 대한 배양액, 세포주기의 동기화, 배양시간 및 난자의 활성화에 따른 융합율과 체외발생율에 대해 조사하였다. 핵 이식 배를 NCSU-23, TL Hepes 및 TZM-3 배양액으로 1시간 및 8시간 배양하였을 때 배반포로의 분할율은 각각 15.6%, 14.0%, 15.0% 및 13.9%, 10.5%, 13.3%로서 배양액 및 시간에 따른 분할율의 유의적인 차이

국내에서 재배되고 있는 약용버섯인 상황(P. baumii) 자실체의 열수 추출물로 부터 건강 기능성 식품 및 의약품개발의 기초자료를 제공하고자 항암실험 및 면역효과에 대한 실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 PMO-P4의 경우 rDNA의 ITS부위의 염기서열 분석을 통한 계통분석결과 P. baumii로 판명 되었으며, PMO-P4 자실체로부터 열수 추출한 성분(HWE-P4)을 160mg/kg/day의 농도로하여 Sarcoma-180 암세포를 유발한 마우스에 경구투여한 결과 A군의 경우, 종양억제효과는 35.3%로 대조군보다 유의성 있게 감소하였으며(p<0.05), 생명연장 효과는 156%증가한 것으로 나타났다. 시료의 경구투여 방법에 있어서도 시료를 먼저 2주간 투여한 후 암세포를 접종한 A군의 경우가 시료 투여와 암세포 접종을 동시에 실시한 B군의 경우 보다 종양억제효과 및 생명연장효과가 높았음을 알 수 있었다. A군의 경우 대조군에 비하여 CD4/CD8의 비율이 71.4%증가 하였으며, CD25(IL-2receptor chain)분자의 발현을 5배정도 증가시키는 것으로 관찰되었다. 이러한 결과로 보아 P. baumii로 밝혀진 PMO-P4 자실체로부터 열수 추출한 성분의 항암효과는 암세포를 직접 공격하여 항암효과를 나타내기 보다는 T cell등의 면역세포를 활성화시킴으로써 암세포를 억제 혹은 사멸시키는 것으로 생각된다.

Many muscles of the trunk and hip are capable of contributing to the stabilization and protection of the lumbar spine. To have optimal effectiveness, a training program should include dynamic back/stomach/hip exercises. This study was designed to assess the L5 level paraspinal, external abdominal oblique, and gluteus maximus muscle activities during various low back stabilization exercises. Participants were 26 healthy adults (13 males, 13 Females), aged 21 to 28 years. The surface electromyography (EMG) was recorded from the L5 level paraspinal, external abdominal oblique, and gluteus maximus muscles. The recorded signal was averaged and normalized to the maximal electromyographic amplitude obtained during the maximal voluntary contraction. The measurements were taken during 3 low back stabilization exercises. One-way analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to examine the difference, and a post hoc test was performed with least significant difference. A level of significance was set at p<.05. The significance of difference between men and women, and between the electromyographic recording sites was evaluated by an independent t-test. The EMG activity for the externus oblique and gluteus maximus muscles had significant differences among 3 exercises (p<.05). In males, the EMG activity for the external abdominal oblique muscle had significantly increased differences during exercises 1 and exercise 2 (p<.05). The gluteus maximus muscle had significantly increased differences during exercise 2 and exercise 3 (p<.05). In females, the multifidus muscle had significantly increased difference during exercise 3 (p<.05), the external abdominal oblique muscle had significantly increased difference during exercise 1 (p<.05). and the gluteus maximus muscle had significantly decreased difference during exercise 3 (p<.05). The results were that the external abdominal oblique muscle was apparently activated during the curl-up exercise in females and males, and the multifidus muscle was apparently activated during the bridging exercise in females and during the sling exercise in males and females.1)In comparison of the %MVC between males and females, exercise 2 and exercise 3 apparently activated of the multifidus and gluteus maximus muscles in both males and females (p<.05). The EMG activity of the gluteus maximus muscle of the males significantly increased during exercise 2 and exercise 3 (p<.05). The EMG activity the multifidus muscle of the females was significantly increased during exercise 2 and exercise 3 (p<.05). More research is needed to understand the nature of motor control problems in the deep muscles in patients with low back pain.