Table 1. Mean (±SEM) Optical Density Values by Lipid and Treatment Condition for Each Tissue Type.

	Forebrain	Heart	Liver	Muscle	Blood
Ceramides
Control	7448.89 †	3969.22 †	4216.40	6183.50	8125.80
	(±375.90)	(±237.64)	(±776.83)	(±482.16)	(±479.01)
Ethanol	5634.22	2276.09	3619.40	5101.36	8795.50
	(±354.19)	(±381.41)	(±545.37)	(±639.12)	(±532.97)
Cholesterol
Control	2705.22	1984.40	2460.22 †	1877.43	2862.00
	(±126.01)	(±153.96)	(±75.28)	(±210.51)	(±103.86)
Ethanol	2375.11	1853.27	2248.50	1557.43	2992.00
	(±108.81)	(±147.42)	(±37.85)	(±171.16)	(±135.69)
Phosphatidylcholine
Control	5152.40	4365.60	3418.80	2157.00	6523.60
	(±506.15)	(±582.85)	(±306.79)	(±371.83)	(±630.39)
Ethanol	5055.33	4517.46	3200.82	2077.55	7033.17
	(±845.85)	(±705.81)	(±487.03)	(±506.77)	(±352.74)
Phosphatidylethanolamine
Control	3274.67	2814.10	2328.10	2830.70 †	4432.80
	(±234.21)	(±167.83)	(±110.78)	(±352.70)	(±626.03)
Ethanol	2879.27	2693.80	2318.91	1763.00	5172.33
	(±453.17)	(±141.07)	(±146.36)	(±155.64)	(±458.94)
Sphingosine
Control	——————-	2903.80	1527.70	239.00	217.60 †
		(±584.78)	(±402.52)	(±62.45)	(±33.01)
Ethanol	——————-	2776.83	1025.09	190.50	466.33
		(±423.60)	(±249.70)	(±41.43)	(±36.60)

† indicates significant difference (P < 0.05) between ethanol and control within tissue type.