• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.193-198
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• 2003

In the present study, the vestibularly evoked activity of inferior olive (IO) neurons was examined to investigate the vertical vestibular information transmitted through the vestibulo-olivo-cerebellar climbing fiber pathway. The extracellular recording was made in 74 neurons of the IO of cats, while animals were sinusoidally rotated. Most of vestibularly activated IO neurons responded to the vertical rotation (roll) test and were found in or near the ${\beta}$ subnuclei $(IO{\beta})$. The vestibular IO neurons were activated, when the animal was rotated to the side contralateral to the recording site. In contrast to the observation that the gain of responses of yaw sensitive cells (YSC) was not changed by the rotation frequency, that of the roll-sensitive cells (RSC) decreased as the rotation frequency was increased. Regardless of RSC or HSC, IO neurons showed the tendency of phase-lag in their responses. The alternating excitatory and inhibitory phases of responses of RSC were dependent on the direction of head orientation, the characteristics of which are the null response plane (NRP) and the optimal response plane (ORP). The analysis based on the NRP of RSC showed that vestibular inputs from the ipsilateral anterior semicircular canal induced the NRP of the RSC response at about 45 degree counterclockwise to the longitudinal axis of the animal, and that those inputs were distributed to RSC in the rostral part of $IO{\beta}$. On the other hand, those from the posterior semicircular canal were related with the NRP at about 45 degree clockwise and with the caudal part of the $IO{\beta}$. These results suggest that IO neurons receive and encode the vestibular information, the priority of which seems to be the vertical component of the body movement rather than the horizontal ones.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2002

In spite of abundant anatomical evidences for the fiber connection between vestibular nuclei and inferior olivary (IO) complex, the transmission of vestibular information through the vestibulo- olivo-cerebellar climbing fiber pathway has not been physiologically established. The aims of the present study were to investigate whether there are IO neurons specifically responding to horizontal rotation and also in which subregions of IO complex these vestibularly-activated neurons are located. The extracellular recording was made in 68 IO neurons and responses of 46 vestibularly-activated cells were analyzed. Most of the vestibularly-activated IO neurons responded to signals of vertical rotation (roll), while a small number (13/46) of recorded cells were activated by horizontal canal signal (yaw). Regardless of yaw-sensitive or roll-sensitive, vestibular IO neurons were excited, when the animal was rotated to the side contralateral to the recording side. The gain and excitation phase were very similar to otolithic or vertical-canal responses. Histologic identification of recording sites showed that most of vestibular IO neurons were located in ${\beta}$ subnucleus. Electrical stimulation of a HSC evoked an inhibitory effect on the excitability of the ipsilateral IO neurons. These results suggest that IO neurons mainly in the ${\beta}$ subnucleus receive vestibular signals from semicircular canals and otolithic organs, encode them, and transmit vestibular information to the cerebellum.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권3D호
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• pp.453-459
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• 2006

본 연구는 차량의 주행경로를 정확하게 측정하는 수단을 개발하고 이를 현장계측에 적용하여 주행차량의 횡방향 이격에 의한 아스팔트 콘크리트 포장(이후 아스팔트 포장)의 주요 응답 특성을 규명하고자 하였다. 개발된 주행이격 측정 시스템은 두 개의 레이저 센서로부터 전송된 신호가 차량의 타이어로부터 반사되어오는 물리적 현상을 실시간으로 분석함으로서 도로 포장위의 임의의 기준으로부터 실제 차량이 주행한 경로를 정확하게 관측 할 수 있다. 다양한 주행이격에 의한 아스팔트 포장의 횡방향 수평 변형률과 하부 포장층의 수직응력 변화를 실측하기 위하여 시험도로상의 아스팔트 포장의 일부 구간을 선정, 덤프트럭에 의한 동하중 재하시험을 시행하였다. 차량의 횡방향 이격거리는 주행차로(2차)의 차륜부에 매설된 횡방향 수평 변형률 계측기의 중심을 기준으로 추월차로 방향으로 20cm 간격으로 조수석 차륜에 의한 하중중첩의 영향을 최대한 배재하도록 설정하였다. 현장시험 결과 표층과 중간층에서는 하중재하 위치에서 발생한 압축변형이 이격거리 약 40cm에서부터 점차 인장으로 변화하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 보조기층상부와 동상방지층상부에 작용하는 수직응력은 하중재하 위치에서 치대로 발생하였으며 이격거리 50cm 이상부터는 하중에 의한 영향이 상대적으로 미비하였다.