title: Motor development after vestibular deprivation in rats.
abstract: This review summarizes the postural development in the rat and the influences of vestibular deprivation from the 5th postnatal day on this development. Vestibular deprivation leads to a delay in motor development. Most probably this delay is caused by a delay in the development of postural control, which is characterized by a retarded EMG development in postural muscles. Our results indicate that the developing nervous system cannot compensate for a vestibular deficit during the early phase of ontogeny.
authors.affiliation: h.c.geisler@med.rug.nl
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Geisler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gramsbergen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D024510:Muscle Development; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000254:growth & development / Q000294:innervation; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology*