Table 1.
Mean (+/− SEM) body weight (g) recorded from subjects of Experiment 1 during the neonatal treatment phase (postnatal days [PD] 4–9) and on the day of training (PD 30). On PD 4–9 subjects were administered 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0 g/kg/day i.g. or were given sham intubations. The Unhandled group received no treatment until they were trained on PD 30.
| Postnatal Day | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neonatal Treatment | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3.0 g/kg | 14.6 (0.8) |
17.2 (0.9) |
19.9 (1.0) |
22.7 (1.1) |
25.6 (1.1) |
28.7 (1.2) |
118.1 (4.0) n = 13 |
| 4.0 g/kg | 14.8 (0.8) |
17.1 (0.9) |
19.1 (1.0) |
21.7 (1.1) |
23.7 (1.1) |
26.4 (1.2) |
118.4 (3.1) n = 14 |
| 5.0 g/kg | 14.9 (0.9) |
15.0 (1.0) |
16.9 (1.1) |
19.1 (1.2) |
20.9 (1.2) |
22.9 (1.3) |
117.1 (3.5 n = 13 |
| Sham | 13.8 (0.8) |
16.5 (0.9) |
19.2 (1.0) |
22.0 (1.1) |
24.8 (1.1) |
28.1 (1.2) |
115.5 (3.3) n = 14 |
| Unhandled | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 120.4 (5.1) n = 9 |