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early life remains unknown. Here we document persistent deficits in spinal inhibitory circuits involving dynorphin-lineage (DYN) interneurons previously implicated in gating mechanical pain and itch. Notably, neonatal injury reduced the strength of DYN inhibitory synapses onto mature lamina I spinoparabrachial neurons, a major output of the spinal nociceptive network, which could contribute to the priming of pain pathways by early tissue damage. Copyright © 2020 Brewer et al.Despite the success of reperfusion therapy in significantly reducing the extent of infarct expansion after stroke, the effect of revascularization on post-stroke neuroinflammation and the role of anti-inflammatory strategies in post-reperfusion era are yet to be explored. Here, we investigate whether the neuroinflammatory response may still contribute to neurological deficits after reperfused stroke by using targeted complement inhibition to suppress post-stroke neuroinflammation in mice with or without concurrent reperfusion therapy. Complement inhibition was achieved using B4Crry, an injury site-targeted inhibitor of C3 activation. Following embolic stroke in male C57bl/6 mice, thrombolysis using tissue-Plasminogen Activator (t-PA) reduced injury and improved motor deficits, but did not improve cognitive outcomes. After both reperfused and non-reperfused stroke, complement activation and opsonization of hippocampal synapses directed ongoing microglia-dependent phagocytosis of synapses for at least 30 days as using a translationally relevant strategy. Complement inhibition was achieved using B4Crry, an injury site-targeted inhibitor of C3 activation. Following embolic stroke, pharmacological thrombolysis limited infarct size, but did not prevent complement activation. In reperfused and non-reperfused stroke, complement activation and opsonization of hippocampal synapses resulted in synaptic phagocytosis and subsequent cognitive decline. B4Crry treatment limited perilesional complement deposition, reduced microgliosis and synaptic uptake, and improved cognitive outcomes. Complement inhibition also improved the safety, efficacy and treatment window of thrombolytic therapy. Copyright © 2020 Alawieh et al.Whereas upper ocean pelagic sharks are negatively buoyant and must swim continuously to generate lift from their fins, deep-sea sharks float or swim slowly buoyed up by large volumes of low-density oils in their livers. Investigation of the Pressure, Volume, Temperature (PVT) relationships for liver oils of 10 species of deep-sea Chondrichthyes shows that the density difference between oil and seawater, Δρ remains almost constant with pressure down to full ocean depth (11 km, 1100 bar); theoretically providing buoyancy far beyond the maximum depth of occurrence (3700 m) of sharks. However, Δρ, does change significantly with temperature and we show that the combined effects of pressure and temperature can decrease buoyancy of oil by up to 10% between the surface and 3500 m depth across interfaces between warm southern and cold polar waters in the Rockall Trough in the NE Atlantic. This increases drag more than 10 fold compared with neutral buoyancy during horizontal slow swimming (0.1 m s-1) but the effect becomes negligible at high speeds. Liraglutide Chondrichthyes generally experience positive buoyancy change during ascent and negative buoyancy change during descent but contrary effects can occur at interfaces between waters of different densities. During normal vertical migrations buoyancy changes are small, increasing slow-speed drag by no more than 2-3 fold. Equations and tables of density, pressure and temperature are provided for squalene and liver oils of Chimaeriformes (Harriotta raleighana, Chimaera monstrosa, Chimaera monstrosa), Squaliformes (Centrophorus squamosus, Deania calcea, Centroscymnus coelolepis, Centroscyllium fabricii, Etmopterus spinax) and Carcharhiniformes (Apristurus laurussonii, Galeus murinus). © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.The heat dissipation limit theory predicts lactating female mice consuming diets with lower specific dynamic action (SDA) should have enhanced lactation performance. Dietary fat has lower SDA than other macronutrients. Here we tested the effects of graded dietary fat levels on lactating Swiss mice. We fed females five diets varying in fat content from 8.3 to 66.6%. Offspring of mothers fed diets of 41.7% fat and above were heavier and fatter at weaning compared to those of 8.3% and 25% fat diets. Mice on dietary fat contents of 41.7% and above had greater metabolizable energy intake at peak lactation (8.3% 229.4±39.6, 25% 278.8±25.8, 41.7% 359.6±51.5, 58.3% 353.7±43.6, 66.6% 346±44.7 kJ day-1), lower daily energy expenditure (8.3% 128.5±16, 25% 131.6±8.4, 41.7% 124.4±10.8, 58.3% 115.1±10.5, 66.6% 111.2±11.5 kJ day-1) and thus delivered more milk energy to their offspring (8.3% 100.8±27.3, 25% 147.2±25.1, 41.7% 225.1±49.6, 58.3% 238.6±40.1, 66.6% 234.8±41.1 kJ day-1). Milk fat content (%) was unrelated to dietary fat content, indicating females on higher fat diets (> 41.7%) produced more rather than richer milk. Mothers consuming diets with 41.7% fat or above enhanced their lactation performance compared to those on 25% or less, probably by diverting dietary fat directly into the milk, thereby avoiding the costs of lipogenesis. At dietary fat contents above 41.7% they were either unable to transfer more dietary fat to the milk, or they chose not to do so, potentially because of a lack of benefit to the offspring that were increasingly fatter as maternal dietary fat increased. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.The thermal physiology of the endangered New Zealand rockwren (Xenicus gilviventris) is examined. It is a member of the Acanthisittidae, a family unique to New Zealand. This family, derived from Gondwana, is thought to be the sister taxon to all other passerines. Rockwrens permanently reside above the climatic timberline at altitudes from 1,000 to 2,900 meters in the mountains of South Island. They feed on invertebrates and in winter face ambient temperatures far below freezing and deep deposits of snow. Their body temperature and rate of metabolism are highly variable. Rockwrens regulate body temperature at ca 36.4°C, which in one individual decreased to 33.1°C at an ambient temperature of 9.4°C. Its rate of metabolism decreased by 30%; body temperature spontaneously returned to 36°C. The rate of metabolism in a second individual twice decreased by 35%, nearly to the basal rate expected from mass without a decrease in body temperature. The New Zealand rockwren's food habits, entrance into torpor, and continuous residence in a thermally demanding environment suggest that it may hibernate.