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The ocular motor system
Author(s) -
Spector Robert H.,
Troost B. Todd
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410090602
Subject(s) - brainstem , saccadic masking , neuroscience , eye movement , medial longitudinal fasciculus , gaze , neurophysiology , psychology , motor control , motor system , smooth pursuit , medicine , midbrain , central nervous system , psychoanalysis
Recent advances in ocular motor neurophysiology are reviewed with emphasis on brainstem control of horizontal saccadic and pursuit eye movements. Certain aspects of the control of vertical gaze and the role of the cerebellum and medial longitudinal fasciculus in normal and pathological states are also discussed. Current nomenclature and concepts are clarified so that they may be applied to the understanding of clinical ocular motor phenomenology.