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. 2004 Mar 2;5(1):3. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-5-3

Table 2.

Tidal volume response to hypercapnia

Postnatal age (days) N Tidal volume (μl)
Baseline 2 min 5 min
P2 16 10.4 ± 0.2 11.3 ± 0.5 13.3 ± 1.1
P4 15 12.0 ± 0.4 14.0 ± 0.6 16.8 ± 1.7
P6 13 14.2 ± 1.0 16.9 ± 0.9 17.8 ± 1.1
P7 16 14.7 ± 0.5 18.4 ± 0.8 19.7 ± 1.0
P12.5 10 25.0 ± 2.5 39.3 ± 3.2 38.0 ± 2.4
P14.5 16 45.0 ± 3.1 64.2 ± 5.8 63.4 ± 5.3
P21.5 10 57.3 ± 6.2 69.3 ± 5.9 60.0 ± 7.2

Values are mean ± S.E.; N, number of animals