Does age-related change affect the short-term postoperative improvement of physical functions and abilities in compressive cervical myelopathy?
Preoperative motor function in the lower extremity and walking abilities in elderly cases of compressive cervical myelopathy were significantly inferior to non-elderly cases of cervical myelopathy, although their improvement rates based on preoperation at one month postoperatively were equal to or significantly greater than non-elderly cases of cervical myelopathy; therefore age-related change is not a directly negative factor for short-term postoperative improvement.
We discuss the specific roles of cold and three other Drosophila members of the Ly6 superfamily that have been shown to participate in a non-redundant way in the process of septate junction assembly. We propose that vertebrate Ly6 proteins could fulfill analogous roles in tight junctions and/or paranodal septate junctions.