Eye movements

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-31

  Averbuch Heller, Lea ^a   Leigh, R John ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANATOMY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; NYSTAGMUS; PHARMACOLOGY; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0029879784     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199602000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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