Immunohistochemical localization of S-100 protein in human cerebral and cerebellar cortices

• DOI: 10.1007/bf01955336
• Publication Date: 2005-07-31T17:41:37Z
• Authors: K. Tabuchi; R. Ohnishi; T. Furuta; A. Nishimoto
• Keywords: Adult; Cerebral Cortex; Neurons; 0301 basic medicine; Histocytochemistry; S100 Proteins; Nerve Tissue Proteins; 3. Good health; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Cerebellar Cortex; Microscopy, Electron; Oligodendroglia; 03 medical and health sciences; Astrocytes; Humans; Tissue Distribution; Neuroglia

S-100 protein, a highly acidic protein specific to the nervous system, is immunohistochemically localized exclusively in glial cells, but not in any type of neuron in human cerebral and cerebellar cortices.