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TABLE 4. Effect of ethanol and microwave irradiation on whole-brain GABA concentration.

Ethanol (3.0 g/kg) or saline was administered by i.p. injection 60 min before the sacrifice of rats by decapitation or microwave irradiation. Tissues were handled as described under “Materials and Methods.” Values represent the mean ± S.E.M. for the number of observations indicated by “N.”

Ethanol Treatment	Sacrifice Method	Brain GABA Conc.	N

g/kg		nM/mg tissue
	Decapitation	1.74 ± 0.07	8
	Microwave	1.40 ± 0.03^*	8
3.0	Decapitation	1.93 ± 0.09	8
3.0	Microwave	1.60 ± 0.09^,^*	7

P < .05 when compared with saline + decapitation

^**

P < .05 when compared with ethanol + decapitation.