Table 2

Quantification of S100B immunopositive cells with astrocytic versus oligodendrocytic morphology. Annotation: Values are given as mean ± S.D.; DLPF dorsolateral prefrontal

Brain region
Oligodendrocytic S100B+ [cells/mm3]
Astrocytic S100B+ [cells/mm3]
Oligodendrocytic S100B+ cells [mean % of all S100B+ glial cells (min % – max %)]

DLPF cortex
1.247 ± 672
5.066 ± 2.674
20 (14 – 30)
DLPF white matter
14.423 ± 7.061
4.462 ± 2.376
75 (57 – 85)
Temporal cortex
1.207 ± 860
7.457 ± 3.964
14 (7 – 35)
Temporal white matter
11.229 ± 5.085
3.919 ± 2.310
73 (59 – 87)
Parietal white matter
9.279 ± 4.074
2.346 ± 1.357
79 (62 – 89)
Corpus callosum
10.038 ± 4.533
674 ± 338
93 (86 – 97)

Steiner et al. BMC Neuroscience 2007 8:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-2