Immunoreactivity for brain‐fatty acid binding protein in gomori‐positive astrocytes

@article{Young1996ImmunoreactivityFB,
  title={Immunoreactivity for brain‐fatty acid binding protein in gomori‐positive astrocytes},
  author={John K. Young and James H. Baker and Thomas M{\"u}ller},
  journal={Glia},
  year={1996},
  volume={16}
}
Gomori‐positive (GP) astrocytes are a subset of brain astrocytes with highly stained cytoplasmic granules that arise from the degradation of mitochondria. The GP granules of these astrocytes are most prominent in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, but can also be detected in the olfactory bulbs, hippocampus, habenula, and other selected brain regions. The cause and functional effects of this mitochondrial pathology in these glia are not yet known with certainty. 
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