Retinas had been then processed for flatmounted retinas or for radial sections. Flat-mounts have been immunostained with antibodies against GFAP, and radial sections were immunostained with antibodies in opposition to GFAP and vimentin

Astrocytes existing in the central nervous system, retina, and optic nerve head were being initially assumed to be bystander cells, but emerging reports suggest that they play essential roles, which…