Structural Organization of the Processes of Ependymo- Cytes Lining the Lateral Ventricles of the Rat Brain
Kirik, O.V.; Sufiyeva, D.A.; Nazarenkova, A.V.; Korzhevskiy, D.E.
Morfologiia 147(3): 17-21
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-3543 PMID: 26390541 Document Number: 683531
The aim of this study was to examine the structural organization of processes of ependymocytes lining the lateral ventricles of the rat brain using vimentin immunocytochemistry and confocal laser microscopy. The study was performed on adult male rats (n = 3). It was found that most typical ependymocytes had basal processes, while 1/3 of these cells had none. Some vimentin-immunopositive tanycyte-like cells with long processes appoaching blood vessels, were found inside the ependymal lining In some typical ependymocytes, cytroskeleton wa s formed by intermediate filaments of mixed type containing both vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein.