Impairment of smooth pursuit in pontine lesions : Functional topography based on MRI and neuropathologic findings

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-35

  Deleu, Dirk ^a   Michotte, Alex ^b   Ebinger, Guy ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Ocular motility disorders; Pons; Pursuit, smooth; Saccades

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SLEEP STAGE; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PONS; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SACCADES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0031093383     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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