Table 1.

Location of the brain isoforms of dystrophin throughout the brain.

Dystrophin isoform	Cellular location
Dp427-M	Glia and vascular endothelial cells
Dp427-C	Cortical and hippocampal (CA 1-3 region) pyramidal neurons
Dp427-P	Fetal cerebral cortex and mature cerebellar purkinje cells
Dp140	Astroglial processes throughout the neuropil during development
	Leptomeningeal surfaces and along penetrating blood vessels
	Ensheathing the olfactory nerve
	Neurohypophysis
Dp116	Late human fetal brain
	Caudate/putamen region
Dp71	Early embryonic stem cells
	Mesenchymal-epithelial interactions
	Embryonic midbrain and hindbrain
	Perinatal brain at stages of terminal neural differentiation
	Early embryonic forebrain continuing until adult life
	Cerebral cortex
	Granule neurons of dentate gyrus of hippocampus
	Neocortial regions (neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity)
	Olfactory bulb
	Pituitary gland
	Retina