Oculomotor system: A dual innervation of the eye muscles from the abducens, trochlear, and oculomotor nuclei

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Buttner Ennever J A ^a   Horn, A K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Levator palpebrae; Nonhuman primate; Oculomotor

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ARTICLE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0036920057     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10046     Document Type: Article

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