Table 1.

Effect of curcumin on of GFAP positive astrocytes number and caspase-3 positive neurons in all studied groups

	Number of GFAP positive astrocytes/ feild	Number of caspase-3 positive neurons/ feild	Significance of GFAP positive astrocytes number and caspase-3 positive neurons
Control group	11.75 ±1.46	1.26 ± 0.5
non diabetic received curcumin	10.62 ± 1.46	1.07 ± 0.6
diabetic group	35.5*± 1.83	10.61*± 1.2	Versus any of the other studied groups (P<0.001)
diabetic received curcumin	16.1**± 1.73	3.72**± 0.8	Versus control group (P<0.01)

Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

^*highly statistically significant difference;

^**statistically significant difference