Ependymal cells
Ependymal cells are one of the four main types of glial cells, and themselves encompass three types of cells 1:
- ependymocytes: line the ventricles of the brain and central canal of the spinal cord
- tanycytes: line the floor of the third ventricle
- choroidal epithelial cells: line the surface of the choroid plexus
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Histology
- cells
- immunohistochemistry
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histological stains
- alcian blue stain
- azan stain
- Giemsa stain
- Gram stain
- hematoxylin and eosin stain (H&E)
- immunoperoxidase staining
- Luxol fast blue stain
- Masson's trichrome stain
- methylene blue
- Nissl stain
- oil red O stain
- osmium stain
- Papanicolaou stain
- periodic acid-Schiff reaction (PAS)
- Prussian blue stain
- reticulin stain
- silver stain
- Sudan stains
- toluidine blue stain
- van Gieson stain
- Ziehl-Neelsen stain
- regions
- specific features and structures
- blood brain barrier
- glymphatic pathway
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