Table 3.

Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine-triphosphate nick-end labeling (TUNEL) cell counting results.

	N	Purkinje cells	Inner granular cell layer
NTFe	6	0	6 (1.3–8.69)
NTCTR	7	0	0 (0.45–2.45)

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