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Table 2.

mRNA expression of α₂-adrenoceptor subtypes in FACS-isolated cell fractions from 3 separate dissociates obtained from the adult murine brain, determined by microarray analysis of 20 ng of total RNA.

Gene symbol	Receptor	Astrocyte	NG2⁺ cell	Microglia	Endothelial	Thy1⁺ Neuron
Adra2a	α2A	Present Present Present	Present Present Present	Present Present Absent	Present Maybe Absent	Absent Present Absent
Adra2b	α2B	Consistently absent	Consistently absent	Consistently absent	Consistently absent	Consistently absent
Adra2c	α2C	Consistently absent	Consistently absent	Consistently absent	Consistently absent	Consistently absent

The Table indicates Present call, Absent call and Maybe call. For a gene to be unequivocally present 3 Present calls are normally expected. Two Present calls have been interpreted as tentatively present, partly based on comparison with literature data, whereas a single Present call at most indicates questionable expression.