Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. 2012 Apr 4;32(14):4762–4772. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3560-11.2012

Figure 3. Non-neuronal GFP+ cells displayed characteristics of protoplasmic astrocytes.

Figure 3

Non-neuronal GFP+ cells in developmental columns in adult mice exhibited characteristic protoplasmic astrocyte morphologies (arrows). 97.5 +/−1.5% (603 cells examined in n=3 mice) of non-neuronal GFP+ cells expressed S100B, an astrocytic marker (A-C). 8.2 +/− 3.7 % of non-neuronal GFP+ cells (611 cells examined in n=3 mice) expressed GFAP, a protein expressed in reactive and fibrous astrocytes in cortex (D-F). Labeled cells with neuronal morphologies expressed neither S100B nor GFAP (arrowheads). Conversely, GFP+ cells with astrocytic morphologies did not express NeuN, a mature neuronal marker (G-I). The processes of GFP+ astrocytes often encompassed GFP+ neurons. Scale bars: 10 μm (A-F) and 25 μm (G-I).