title: Glial fibrillary acidic protein-like immunoreactive ependymal elements in the third ventricle of the rat. A study at different stages of development.
abstract: Using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method a study was made of the cells immunoreactive to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) anti-serum in the ependyma of the third ventricle of the rat at different stages of growth. Most of the ependymal cells of the third ventricle were seen to be unreactive to this protein; however, it was sometimes possible to observe some GFAP-immunoreactive ependymocytes and occasionally other immunoreactive cellular types, such as tanycytes and supraependymal cells. Despite this, the most frequent localization of the elements immunoreactive to the protein adopted the shape of an immunoreactive subependymal band situated parallel to the ventricular wall. As the weights of the animals increased an increase in the elements immunoreactive to this protein could be observed in all the zones considered, there being no differences between the male and female animals.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía e Histología Humanas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Juanes
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Riesco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carretero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vázquez
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development; D004805:Ependyma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins