Glutamine synthetase immunoreactivity is present in oligodendroglia of various regions of the central nervous system.
Glutamine synthetase immunoreactive oligodendrocytes were identified in the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, brain stem, and spinal cord. They were mostly confined to the gray matter, particularly close to neurons and processes. The white matter showed few immunoreactive oligodendroglia. It was suggested that some type of oligodendrocytes, specially those in perineuronal location, might fulfill a functional role more akin to astrocytes than to the normally myelinating oligodendroglia.
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Life Science Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035.
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D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000166:cytology; D002415:Cats; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000201:enzymology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology
D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase