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From day 5 to 14 infant jj rats were subjected to increasing periods of either superblue phototherapy (8 twenty watt fluorescent bulbs, 1 to 5 hours per day depending on age) or darkness. Half of each litter was assigned to each group(N=84 and 82 respectively). Pups in litters of 6 received no supplement while separated from the mother; those in litters of 8 received 5% glucose, 25 cc/K. Temperature and humidity were controlled. Nursing dams were fed high fat breeder chow (11%) to insure an abundant milk supply. A statistically significant decrease in brain damage was achieved without evident ill effect. See Table.
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Dennis Martell, L., Goldstein, D., Neff, D. et al. EFFECT OF PHOTOTHERAPY ON SERUM BILIRUBIN (SB), BODY WEIGHT AND BILIRUBIN DAMAGE TO CEREBELLAR PURKINJI CELLS IN INFANT JAUNDICED (jj) GUNN RATS. Pediatr Res 11, 535 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00992
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