FELASA Working Group report: Capture and transport of live cephalopods - recommendations for scientific purposes.

On 1 January 2013, research using cephalopod molluscs, from hatchlings to adults, became regulated within Directive 2010/63/EU. There are significant difficulties in captive breeding in the great majority of currently utilised species. Thus, scientific research relies upon the use of wild-caught animals.

[Translated article] Efficacy of early versus delayed spinal cord decompression in neurological recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare early (<24h) versus late (>24h) spinal cord decompression on neurological recovery in patients with acute spinal cord injury.

Methods: A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA protocol to identify studies published up to December 2022.

Efficacy of early versus delayed spinal cord decompression in neurological recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare early (<24h) versus late (>24h) spinal cord decompression on neurological recovery in patients with acute spinal cord injury.

Methods: A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA protocol to identify studies published up to December 2022.

Normal Cortical Myelination in Galectin-4-Deficient Mice.

Myelin, critical for the correct function of the nervous system, is organized in different patterns that can include long non-myelinated axonal segments. How myelin patterning is regulated remains unexplained. The carbohydrate-binding protein galectin-4 (Gal-4) influences oligodendrocyte differentiation in vitro and is associated with non-myelinable axon segments (NMS) in cultured neurons.

Glycans and Carbohydrate-Binding/Transforming Proteins in Axon Physiology.

The mature nervous system relies on the polarized morphology of neurons for a directed flow of information. These highly polarized cells use their somatodendritic domain to receive and integrate input signals while the axon is responsible for the propagation and transmission of the output signal. However, the axon must perform different functions throughout development before being fully functional for the transmission of information in the form of electrical signals.