Characterization of Vimentin-Immunoreactive Astrocytes in the Human Brain

• Main Authors: Liam Anuj O'Leary (Author), Maria Antonietta Davoli (Author), Claudia Belliveau (Author), Arnaud Tanti (Author), Jie Christopher Ma (Author), William Todd Farmer (Author), Gustavo Turecki (Author), Keith Kazuo Murai (Author), Naguib Mechawar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Astrocytes are commonly identified by their expression of the intermediate filament protein glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). GFAP-immunoreactive (GFAP-IR) astrocytes exhibit regional heterogeneity in density and morphology in the mouse brain as well as morphological diversity in the human cor...