Torsional deviations with voluntary saccades caused by a unilateral midbrain lesion

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1155-1157

  Kremmyda, Olympia ^a   Büttner Ennever, Jean A ^b   Büttner, Ulrich ^a   Glasauer, Stefan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SACCADES;

EID: 34848879826     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.119578     Document Type: Article

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