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Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Dis. 2020 Nov 13;148:105181. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105181

Table 4. Dramatic caspase 3 activation in neurons of EtOH-exposed fetal brains.

In the brains of EtOH-exposed fetuses, there appeared to be fewer cells of all types (at 400x magnification) than in unexposed controls. Co-staining for NeuN and cleaved caspase-3 showed that cell injury was especially common in neurons.

	Controls (n=8)	EtOH Exposure (n=8)
Total Cells (DAPI) (%)	100	67 ± 3.2
NeuN (%±SD)	83 ± 3.7	36 ± 2.9
Cleaved Caspase-3 (%±SD)	19 ± 1.8	28 ± 3.1
NeuN + Cleaved Caspase-3 (%±SD)	9 ± 0.8	21 ± 4.4