title: Cell type specificity of tissue plasminogen activator in the mouse barrel cortex.
abstract: We provide data in this article related to (C.C. Chen et al.,. Neurosci. Lett., 599 (2015) 152-157.) [1] where the expression of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is expressed by the whisker representation in the somatosensory cortex. Here, we provide immunocytochemistry data indicating that tPA is expressed by putative excitatory neurons as well as parvalbumin+ interneurons but not by somatostatin+ inhibitory interneurons. We also provide data showing that microglia do not normally express high levels of tPA, but upregulate their levels following cortical penetration with a recording electrode.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychology doctoral program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), United States.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychology doctoral program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), United States ; University of California, Santa Cruz, United States.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Biology Ph.D. subprogram, The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States.
authors.forename: Adesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajnath
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychology doctoral program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), United States ; University of California, Santa Cruz, United States ; Neuroscience Biology Ph.D. subprogram, The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States ; Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, United States.
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brumberg