Eye movement instabilities and nystagmus can be predicted by a nonlinear dynamics model of the saccadic system

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 661-694

  Akman, O E ^a,b   Broomhead, D S ^a   Abadi, R V ^a   Clement, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Braking signal; Congenital nystagmus; Nonlinear dynamics; Saccadic system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SACCADES;

EID: 28444434533     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-005-0336-4     Document Type: Article

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