Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactive (VIP-LIR) astrocytes were found in the subcortical white matter of the human forebrain parietal lobe. Astrocytes expressing VIP-LIR represented a minority (0.97%) of the GFAP-stained astrocyte population in the white matter. The close anatomical relationship between the VIP-LIR astrocyte bodies and processes and the brain vasculature strongly suggests that they may play a role in the local control of blood flow and of the barrier properties of the vessel walls.
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity in astrocytes of the human brain
VIRGINTINO, Daniela;BENAGIANO, Vincenzo;MAIORANO, Eugenio;RIZZI, Anna;ERREDE, Mariella;
1996-01-01
Abstract
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactive (VIP-LIR) astrocytes were found in the subcortical white matter of the human forebrain parietal lobe. Astrocytes expressing VIP-LIR represented a minority (0.97%) of the GFAP-stained astrocyte population in the white matter. The close anatomical relationship between the VIP-LIR astrocyte bodies and processes and the brain vasculature strongly suggests that they may play a role in the local control of blood flow and of the barrier properties of the vessel walls.File in questo prodotto:
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