Table 2.
Quantification of characteristics of the novel morphologically-defined types of astrocytes in the Aldh1l1-CreERT2:Ai14 transgenic mice.
| Cell type | Distribution | Efficiency (%) | Cell number | Max diameter (µm) | Body area (µm2) | Territory area (µm2) | Branch number | Branch series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFAP | S100B | NeuN | ||||||||
| Hb glia | Hb | 98.4 ± 0.6 | 71.4 ± 0.4 | 0 | 12 | 26.45 ± 3.05 | 57.78 ± 11.22 | 714.95 ± 209.79 | 5.08 ± 1.08 | 2.58 ± 0.51 |
| ic fibrous glia | ic | 96.2 ± 0.8 | 82.5 ± 0.6 | 0 | 16 | 45.81 ± 11.55 | 71.28 ± 18.42 | 2618.11 ± 408.64 | 4.96 ± 0.71 | 3.1 ± 0.86 |
| Bundle glia* | Medulla oblongata | 0 | 97.2 ± 0.4 | 0 | 12 | 122.42 ± 10.5 | 76.72 ± 14.89 | 3724.11 ± 591.47 | 8.81 ± 2.44 | 1 |
| Spinal cord short fibrous glia | Spinal cord | 97.1 ± 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 90.84 ± 32.16 | 109.73 ± 23.37 | 11,039.79 ± 2731.6 | 3.5 ± 1.22 | 2.83 ± 0.41 |
| Spinal cord long fibrous glia | Spinal cord | 97.5 ± 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 171 ± 42.75 | 95.63 ± 13.57 | 11,080.35 ± 6708.94 | 2.25 ± 0.5 | 2.75 ± 0.5 |
The efficiency was defined as the number of tdTomato+ cells divided by the total number of marker-positive cells. Hb Habenular nucleus, ic inner capsule. Data are shown as mean ± SD.