Development of sensory motor reflexes in 2 G exposed rats

Autor: Réne, Wubbels, Valentine, Bouët, Herman, de Jong, Albert, Gramsbergen
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology. 11(2)
ISSN: 1077-9248
Popis: During gestation and early postnatal development, the animal's size and weight rapidly increase. Within that period, gravity affects sensory and motor development. We studied age-dependent modifications of several types of motor reflexes in 5 groups of rats conceived, born and reared in hypergravity (HG; 2 g). These rats were transferred to normal gravity (NG; 1 g) at various postnatal days, and their behavioral reflexes were compared with a control group which was constantly kept under NG. HG induced a retarded development of vestibular dependent reflexes. Other types of motor behavior were not delayed.
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