Table 1.
Astroglial subtypes present in selected regions of the adult mammalian CNS
| Region (Figure) | tanycytes | ‘radial’ | Bergmann glia | ‘protoplasmic’ | ‘fibrous’ | ‘velate’ | marginal glia | perivascular | ependymal glia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olfactory bulb (2A,B) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| RMS (2C) (not incl. immatureneurons retaining GFP) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Cortex (2D,E,H) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Pial surface (2F) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Corpus callosum (2G) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Lateral ventricle/SVZ (2I) | ✓ | ||||||||
| Third ventricle (2J,O) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Fornix (2K) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Cingulum (2L) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Fimbria (2M) | ✓ | ||||||||
| Amygdala (2N) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| CA region hippocampus (2P) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Dentate gyrus (2Q) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Pyramidal hippocampus (2R) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Internal capsule (2S) | ✓ | ||||||||
| Hypothalamus (2T) | ✓ | ||||||||
| Thalamus (2U) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Cerebellum (2V) | ✓ | ||||||||
| Brainstem (2W) | ✓ | ||||||||
| Dorsal horn, spinal cord (2X) | ✓ |