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Long, interlaminar astroglial cell processes in the cortex of adult monkeys
Author(s) -
Colombo Jorge A.,
Yáñez A.,
Puissant V.,
Lipina S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/jnr.490400414
Subject(s) - neuroscience , biology , saimiri sciureus , cortex (anatomy) , prefrontal cortex , cingulate cortex , anatomy , cerebral cortex , central nervous system , squirrel monkey , cognition
At variance with current descriptions stressing the stellate geometry of cortical astrocytes in the brain of adult mammals, GFAP‐immunoreactive astrocytes from prefrontal and rostral cingulate cortices in two adult New World monkey species, Cebus apella and Saimiri sciureus , were found to have long cellular processes traversing several cortical lamina. These unreported features of cortical astroglial cells in adult nonhuman primates pose new issues for the understanding of iso‐ and allocortical organization and processing in higher mammals. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.