Vestibular compensation in the European green frog (Rana esculenta L.) and effect of training on compensation.
Compensation of the vestibular deficits following section of the ampullary nerve of a horizontal semicircular canal was studied from a behavioral point of view in the European green frog. Post-rotation reactions, which are highly asymmetrical the day after the lesion, become symmetrical, as they are in intact animals, 45-60 days later. It was shown that vestibular and motor training given postoperatively did not enhance the rate at which compensation was achieved.
Caston
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Université de Rouen, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie sensorielle, Faculté des Sciences, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011893:Rana esculenta / Q000502:physiology*; D012399:Rotation; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000294:innervation; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000502:physiology*