Table 1.

Survival of Rat brain glial cells in the fetal brain at E20 after 48 h of LPS exposure to pregnant mothers at E18 and protection by NAC treatment, 2 h prior to LPS administration

Groups		E20

Cell Type	O4	O1	AS	N
CTL	17.54 ± 0.02^***	21.76 ± 0.02^***	39.72 ± 0.23^NS	13.71 ± 0.12^NS
LPS	6.73 ± 0.01	4.06 ± 0.005	46.47 ± 0.456	12.57 ± 0.001
NAC + LPS	18.14 ± 0.015^***	21.38 ± 0.01^***	34.60 ± 0.265^NS	14.93 ± 0.23^NS

O4 and O1 (Developing OLs), AS; Astrocytes, N; Neuron Data are presented as Mean ± SD from 3 identical Experiments.

Statistical significance indicated as

^***

p<0.001 and NS (non-significant) versus LPS