Table 3.

Cellular densities (Nv) (x10,000) of neurons within the cerebral cortex and hippocampal formation^*.

Brain Region	Wild type			nNOS−/−
	0.0 mg/g/day	2.2 mg/g/day	4.4 mg/g/day	0.0 mg/g/day	2.2 mg/g/day	4.4 mg/g/day
Cerebral Cortex	12.92 ± 0.34	13.21± 0.29	13.21 ± 0.18	13.30 ± 0.22	13.39 ± 0.14	12.94 ± 0.27
CA3 Pyramidal Cells	25.73 ± 0.34	26.00 ± 0.27	25.86 ± 0.64	25.74 ± 0.26	25.48 ± 0.76	25.08 ± 0.39
CA1 Pyramidal Cells	32.42 ± 0.53	32.67 ± 0.74	32.72 ± 0.31	32.09 ± 0.69	32.35 ± 0.51	31.84 ±0.45
Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells	82.52 ± 1.13	80.94 ± 1.88	83.33 ± 0.86	81.00 ± 1.87	81.93 ± 1.31	80.79 ± 1.16

^*Densities are expressed as cells per cubic mm. Numbers are means ± SEM. Cell densities differed among brain regions, but there were no significant differences in cell densities between the two genotypes or among the alcohol treatment groups.