Figure 15.
Astrocyte network. Confocal micrographs showing the arborization of the astrocytes labeled with GFAP in whole-mount preparations. There is no significant difference between the Pax6α:Cre; Brn3bCKOAP/KO and the Pax6α:Cre; Brn3bCKOAP/WT retinas in terms of pattern of arborization (A,B) and number of branches (C) quantified for these cells (P = 0.83). A similar result was obtained from analysis of the Pax6α:Cre; Brn3aCKOAP/KO and the Pax6α:Cre; Brn3aCKOAP/WT retinas (D) (P = 0.11). Green signal is YOYO nuclear staining. Scale bar = 30 µm in A,B.