Table 1.
Antibodies used
| Marker | Species | Working dilution | Vendor or productor |
| Proliferation | |||
| BrdU | Mouse IgG | 1:500 | Novo Castra (Newcastle, UK) |
| BrdU | Rat IgG | 1:500 | Accurate Chemicals (New York, USA) |
| Magnocellular neurons | |||
| OT | Rabbit IgG | 1:2000 | Produced by G. Alonso |
| VP | Rabbit IgG | 1:2000 | Produced by G. Alonso |
| Astrocytes | |||
| GFAP | Rabbit IgG | 1:5000 | Dakko (Glostrup, Denmark) |
| Microglia and endothelial cells | |||
| Lectin from bandeirae | 1:2000 | Sigma | |
| Simplifolia (IsoB4) | |||
| Oligodendrocyte progenitors | |||
| NG2 | Rabbit IgG | 1:500 | Chemicon (Temecula, USA) |
| Vessels | |||
| Rat IgG-Alexa 488 conjugated | Goat IgG | 1:2000 | Molecular Probes (Eugene, USA) |
| EBA | Mouse IGM | 1:5000 | Sternberger Monoclonals (Lutherville, USA) |
| Nestin | Mouse IgG | 1:100 | Hybridoma Bank (Iowa city, USA) |
| Vimentin | Mouse IgG | 1:5000 | Sigma |
BrdU: bromodeoxy uridine; EBA: endothelial brain antigen; GFAP: glial fibrillary acidic protein; IgG-IgM: immunoglobulins type G and M; OT: oxytocin; VP: vasopressin.