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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jan 26;204(3):254.e16–254.e28. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.11.032

Figure 3. Neuronal Loss is Associated with Chronic Fetal Hypoxia.

Figure 3

Neural cell density expressed as the total Nissl staining cells/ mm2. Five areas were randomly selected from each slide, digitally photographed, and neuronal density quantified using the Stereo Investigator 8.0 system. Chronic hypoxia over the latter 30% of gestation reduced neuronal density by some 20% in fetal cerebral cortex, hippocampus and thalamus nuclei.