Table 1.
Differential susceptibility of cell death across strains BXD62, BXD65, and BXD77 is not due to differences in timing of exposure to ethanol in the brainstem or forebrain. Comparisons of number of TUNEL+ cells in embryos dissected 7 hours versus 11 hours after initial ethanol exposure.
Brainstem | Forebrain | |||||||
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7 hours | 11 hours | 7 hours | 11 hours | |||||
Strain | TUNEL+/mm2 | SEM | TUNEL+/mm2 | SEM | TUNEL+/mm2 | SEM | TUNEL+/mm2 | SEM |
BXD77 | 520 | 110 | 470 | 35 | 980 | 292 | 588 | 104 |
BXD65 | 509 | 20 | 387 | 38 | 922 | 132 | 533 | 203 |
BXD62 | 367 | 309 | 258 | 97 | 347 | 425 | 67 | 81 |