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NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue 4, Pages 451-454Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2003.08.008
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GFAP; EGFP; transgenic mouse; astrocyte; brain; immunohistochemistry
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We have generated a transgenic mouse model in which astrocytes express an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under the control of the mouse glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) promoter. EGFP, which is characteristically found throughout the cell, was expressed in these animals even in astrocytic fine processes, and EGFP expressing cells demonstrated morphological characters of protoplasmic, fibrous, or reactive astrocytes. In contrast, GFAP immumoreactivity was found only in the perinuclear region and in the main processes. The transgenic mouse model therefore provides a valuable tool for the detailed morphological investigation of astrocytes. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd and The Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved.
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