## Abstract Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of neonatal vestibular stimulation on the subsequent development and behavior in BALB/c mice. No evidence appeared to suggest that neonatal vestibular stimulation alters either the growth pattern or the ontogenesis of emotional rea
Morphometry of the vestibular organ in neonate and adult African mole-ratsCryptomysspecies
โ Scribed by Thies Lindenlaub; Hynek Burda
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 838 KB
- Volume
- 188
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-2061
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โฆ Synopsis
The dimensions (length and cross-sectional area) of the semicircular canal of the inner ear in Cryptorays (a rodent with long gestation, and altricial young with slow, extended postnatal growth) did not change after birth. This is further evidence for the relative morphometric postnatal stability of semicircular structures in mammals.
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