VESTIBULAR COMPENSATION IN THE EUROPEAN GREEN FROG (RANA-ESCULENTA L)AND EFFECT OF TRAINING ON COMPENSATION

Authors
CASTON J
Citation
J. Caston, VESTIBULAR COMPENSATION IN THE EUROPEAN GREEN FROG (RANA-ESCULENTA L)AND EFFECT OF TRAINING ON COMPENSATION, Brain, behavior and evolution, 45(5), 1995, pp. 266-271
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain, behavior and evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068977
Volume
45
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
266 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8977(1995)45:5<266:VCITEG>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Compensation of the vestibular deficits following section of the ampul lary nerve of a horizontal semicircular canal was studied from a behav ioral point of view in the European green frog. Post-rotation reaction s, which are highly asymmetrical the day after the lesion, became symm etrical, as they are in intact animals, 45-60 days later. It was shown that vestibular and motor training given post-operatively did not enh ance the rate at which compensation was achieved.