Saccadic instabilities in albinism without nystagmus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Timms, Chris ^a,c   Thompson, Dorothy ^a,b   Russell Eggitt, Isabelle ^a,b   Clement, Richard ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albinism; Misrouting; Neural integrator; Saccades; Saccadic intrusions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ALBINISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SACCADES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33749639519     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0522-7     Document Type: Article

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