Name: The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex in Newborn Rats
Creator: Ian S. Curthoys
Keywords: 0301 basic medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Animals, Newborn, Eye Movements, Reflex, Age Factors, Animals, Vestibule, Labyrinth, Vestibular Nerve

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1979 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Acta Oto-Laryngologica, volume 87, pages 484-489 (issn: 0001-6489, eissn: 1651-2251,

Authors: Ian S. Curthoys;

doi: 10.3109/00016487909126456

pmid: 313655

The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex in Newborn Rats

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Abstract

To study the development of vestibular functioning, the vestibulo-ocular reflex was tested in rats of increasing age. High frequency electrical stimulation of the vestibular nerve elicited characteristic conjugate eye movements in newborn rats well before the eyes were open (about day 15 after birth) and before the semi-circular canals had reached full adult size (about day 22 after birth). The threshold currents decreased during growth.

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University of Sydney
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Animals, Newborn, Eye Movements, Reflex, Age Factors, Animals, Vestibule, Labyrinth, Vestibular Nerve, Electric Stimulation, Rats

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