Table 2.

Cleaved caspase-3-positive cell counting results.

	N	Purkinje cells	Inner granular cell layer
NTFe	6	0	8 (1.78–16.21)
NTCTR	7	0	1 (0.23–3.76)

Total cell count for Cleaved caspase-3-positive cells per standardized area of tissue. Results are presented as median (interquartile range) number of Cleaved caspase-3-positive cells per three non-overlapping fields, each sized 2,000 µm × 200 µm. In the analyzed area, there was a significant increase in Cleaved caspase-3-positive cells in the NTFe group in the inner granular cell layer in the two-group comparison.

NTFe: 24 h iv fentanyl at normothermia.

NTCTR: controls at normothermia.