... mechanisms mediating mechanosensing in ovo are largely unknown. The arboreal embryos of red-eyed treefrogs, Agalychnis callidryas , hatch prematurely to escape predation, cued by physical disturbance in snake attacks. When otoconial organs in the developing vestibular system become functional, this response...

.... This study thus describes development-specific naturalistic head motion profiles, which form the basis for more natural stimuli in future studies probing the vestibular system. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial...

... labyrinthectomized animals never maintained a linear trajectory in any plane, but turned continuously in all directions. 10 10 1994 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1995 lamprey locomotion orientation postural control vestibular system turning movement Lampetra fluviatilis...