Shehab SS ; Stafford CA ; Nona SN ; Cronly-Dillon JR ;

Brain Res vol. 504 (2)   pp. 343-6, 18 Dec 1989

Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, U.M.I.S.T., Manchester.

A polyclonal antibody to goldfish GFAP recognises, immunohistochemically, astrocyte populations in rat brain, spinal cord and optic nerve. The pattern of staining compares favourably with that obtained using a polyclonal anti-human GFAP or a monoclonal anti- porcine GFAP. These results are consistent with the notion that GFAP is well conserved in vertebrate phylogeny.

Animal ;  Astrocytes: immunology: metabolism ;  Central Nervous System: cytology: metabolism ;  Cyprinidae: metabolism ;  Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein: immunology: physiology ;  Goldfish: metabolism ;  Rats ;  Species Specificity ;  Support,Non-U.S.Gov't ;  44200 ;