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Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2007 May 16;164(2):261–270. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.05.008

Table I.

Summary of Tissue Preservation by Immunohistochemistry. The quality of different structures by +‘s: + = infrequent; +++ = occasional, +++++= frequent.

	Non-Tumor					Tumor
Days	0	3	7	11	14	0	4	6	10	14
DAPI+ cells	+++	+++	+++	+++	+	+++	++++	+++++	+++++	+++
GFAP+ astrocytes	+++	+++	+++	+++	+	+++	++++	+++++	+++++	++
Intermediate filaments	+++++	+++++	+++++	+++	+	++++	++++	+++++	+++++	++
No. of astrocytic processes	+++++	++++	+++	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+++	+
Length of astrocytic processes	+++	+++++	++++	+++++	++	++++	+++++	++++	+++++	++
Cytoarchitecture	+++++	+++++	++++	++++	+	++++	++++	+++++	+++++	++