African army ants at the forefront of virome surveillance in a remote tropical forest by Fritz, Matthieu, Reggiardo, Bérénice, Filloux, Denis, Claude, Lisa, Fernandez, Emmanuel, Mahé, Frédéric, Kraberger, Simona, Custer, Joy M., Becquart, Pierre, Mebaley, Telstar Ndong, Kombila, Linda Bohou, Lenguiya, Léadisaelle H., Boundenga, Larson, Mombo, Illich M., Maganga, Gael D., Niama, Fabien R., Koumba, Jean-Sylvain, Ogliastro, Mylène, Yvon, Michel, Martin, Darren P., Blanc, Stéphane, Varsani, Arvind, Leroy, Eric, Roumagnac, Philippe

“…Using 209 army ant samples collected from 29 colonies and the virion-associated nucleic acid-based metagenomics approach, we showed that a broad diversity of bacterial, plant, invertebrate and vertebrate viral sequences were accumulated by army ants: including sequences from 157 different viral genera in 56 viral families. …”
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Revealing the biological features of the axolotl pancreas as a new research model by Hui Ma, Hui Ma, Hui Ma, Guangcong Peng, Yan Hu, Binbin Lu, Binbin Lu, Yiying Zheng, Yingxian Wu, Weimin Feng, Yu Shi, Xiangyu Pan, Li Song, Ina Stützer, Yanmei Liu, Jifeng Fei, Jifeng Fei, Jifeng Fei

“…Current animal models, primarily mice and zebrafish, have limited the exploration of pancreatic biology from an evolutionary-developmental perspective. Tetrapod vertebrate axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) serves as a valuable model in developmental, regenerative, and evolutionary biology. …”
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Surgical Management of Thoracic Osteomyelitis due to Escherichia Coli Sepsis by Mark K. Lyons, Maziyar Kalani, Matthew T. Neal, Naresh P. Patel

“…Escherichia coli is a rare cause of vertebral osteomyelitis. It is more common in adults and males. …”
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Etudes macro-anatomiquement sur les os du squelette du vison by Necdet DURSUN, Sadettin TIPIRDAMAZ

“…<p> 8 &#8212; Chez le vison, les vertebres lomlbaires sont au nombre de sept. Les apophyses transverses qui caracterisent les vertebres lomibaire, com-mencent â apparaître â partir de deuxieme vertebres.…”
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Annual Zoledronic Acid for the Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Asif Hussain, Sushil Kumar Saini, Jaydeep Patel, Chandra Prakash Pal, Hemant Singh Chahar, Rohit Yadav

“…The primary endpoint was combined risk of new-onset vertebral and hip fractures. The secondary endpoints were new-onset vertebral and hip fractures and BMD. …”
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Unilateral Upper Cervical Posterior Spinal Cord Infarction after a Neuroendovascular Intervention: A Case Report by Kareem Elzamly, Christa Nobleza, Ellen Parker, Rebecca Sugg

“…We describe a case of unilateral posterior upper cervical spinal cord infarction and propose a pathophysiologic mechanism causing this lesion after vertebral artery endovascular intervention. Findings. …”
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Wireless Connection between Guide Wires and Bone Cement: Extravasated Methyl Methacrylate Mimicking a Retained Guide Wire by Kevin C. Ching, Avinash Medsinge, Vikas Agarwal, Robert F. Short, Nikhil B. Amesur

“…We include the details of this case and briefly review the current literature on the management of extravasated methyl methacrylate from vertebral augmentation procedures. Extravasated methyl methacrylate in the venous system is a common finding after vertebral augmentation procedures and any radiopaque stripe arising from a cemented vertebral body should be first described as probable cement leakage.…”
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Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty by Ümran Toru, Tuba Coşkun, Murat Acat, Hilal Onaran, Şule Gül, Erdoğan Çetinkaya

“…Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimal invasive procedure that is applied for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. During vertebroplasty, the leakage of bone cement outside the vertebral body leads to pulmonary cement embolism, which is a serious complication of this procedure. …”
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Relative anterior spinal overgrowth in mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective study by Haoyang Zhang, Xin Ye, Hongjiao Wu, Yi Shen, Yingsen Pan, Xiaoming Ying, Jiaying He

“…A total of 125 AIS and 179 non-scoliotic adolescents were enrolled. The anterior vertebral body height (VBHa) and posterior vertebral body height (VBHp) were measured on lateral spine radiographs, and the VBHa/VBHp ratio was calculated. …”
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Comparative analysis of morphologival parameters in isolated and fused L5 spondylolysis patients on the basis of CT features by Rui Ma, Xiaoxia Huang, Luyao Li, Ye Kai, Jun Liu, Gao Leilei, Xiangning Sun, Yong Teng

“…Multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) was used to measure the morphological parameters of the L5 vertebra in all three groups, including the sagittal pedicle height (SPH), transverse pedicle width (TPW), transverse pedicle vertical length (TPVL), pedicle screw trajectory length (PSTL), pedicle angle of attack (PAA), frontal vertebral body height (FVH), posterior vertebral body height (PVH), sagittal midline intervertebral space height (SMISH), horizontal vertebral body angle (HVA), and vertical vertebral body angle (VVA). …”
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Oblique Corpectomy to Manage Cervical Myeloradiculopathy by Chibbaro Salvatore, Makiese Orphee, Bresson Damien, Reiss Alisha, Poczos Pavel, George Bernard

“…Spondylotic myelo-radiculopathy may be treated via a lateral approach to the cervical spine when there is predominant anterior compression associated with either spine straightening or kyphosis, but without vertebral instability. Results. By using a lateral approach, the lateral aspect of the cervical spine and the vertebral artery are easily reached and visualized. …”
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Diagnosing Spinal Gout: A Rare Case of Back Pain and Fever by Andres Cordova Sanchez, Maneesh Bisen, Farzam Khokhar, Adriana May, Jihad Ben Gabr

“…He was initially diagnosed with vertebral osteomyelitis. However, after a biopsy, spinal gout was confirmed. …”
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A Review on Sex Steroid Hormone Estrogen Receptors in Mammals and Fish by Eric Amenyogbe, Gang Chen, Zhongliang Wang, Xiaoying Lu, Mingde Lin, Ai Ying Lin

“…Steroid hormones play essential roles in the reproductive biology of vertebrates. Estrogen exercises its effect through estrogen receptors and is not only a female reproductive hormone but acts virtually in all vertebrates, including fish, and is involved in the physiological and pathological states in all males and females. …”
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Fusion of the 2nd with the 3rd Cervical Vertebrae (C2-C3): A Case Series with Possible Clinical Significance by Eirini Demeneopoulou, Dorina Papa, Ilias Giotas, Angelos Nikolaou, George Tsakotos, Vasilios Karampelias, Theodore Mariolis-Sapsakos, Dimitrios Filippou, Maria Piagkou

“…In two cases, the vertebral bodies were partially fused and in one case were completely fused. …”
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Acute Effects of Handheld Vibration Massage on Posterior Shoulder Soft Tissues by Takaki Imai, Takashi Nagamatsu, Yushin Yoshizato, Kodai Miyara, Megumi Sumizono, Masatoshi Nakamura

“…Vertebral levels were calculated as a ratio of lengths (ratio decreases with increased mobility). …”
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Inhibitory control in teleost fish: a methodological and conceptual review by Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato

“…Findings suggest several similarities between fish and previously studied vertebrates. The second line of research focuses on intraspecific variability of IC. …”
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Evaluation of Radiological and Anatomical Features of Cervical Vertebrae in Adult Persian Cat by Peghah Derakhshi, Siamak Alizadeh, Mohammadreza Hosseinchi

“…Moreover, the cervical vertebrae were not significantly different in vertical diameter of cranial vertebral foramen (VDCrVF) and transverse diameter of cranial vertebral foramen (TDCrVF) (p ≤ 0.05). …”
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Reconstruction of feeding behaviour and diet in Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans using dental microwear texture and finite element analyses by Merle Greif, Ivan Calandra, Stephan Lautenschlager, Thomas M. Kaiser, Mohammed Mezane, Christian Klug

“…Dental microwear texture analysis, a well-established method for the reconstruction of diet and commonly used in terrestrial vertebrates, was applied for the first time, to our knowledge, to Palaeozoic vertebrates in this study. …”
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Cerebral Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in a Patient with Giant Cell Arteritis and Endovascular Therapy by Ruth Steiger, Lisa-Maria Walchhofer, Andreas Rietzler, Katherina J. Mair, Michael Knoflach, Bernhard Glodny, Elke R. Gizewski, Astrid E. Grams

“…After systemic therapy and angioplasty of the right vertebral artery, the stenosis and the symptoms improved and the area of prolonged MTT became smaller. …”
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The lamprey habenula provides an extreme example for the temporal regulation of asymmetric development by Lucile Guichard, Ronan Lagadec, Léo Michel, Hélène Mayeur, Michaël Fuentès, Jordan Pain, Noah Heier, Quentin Rougemont, Maria Celina Rodicio, Antón Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón Barreiro-Iglesias, Patrick Blader, Michael Schubert, Sylvie Mazan

“…These data confirm the importance of lampreys to unravel the developmental logic underlying the recurrence and variation of habenular asymmetries in vertebrates and pave the way for future functional analyses.…”
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