Double saccadic pulses and macrosaccadic oscillations from a focal brainstem lesion

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 118-123

  Kim, Ji Soo ^a   Choi, Kwang Dong ^a,b   Oh, Sun Young ^a,c   Jeong, Seong Hae ^a   Oh, Young Mi ^a   Kim, Hyo Jung ^a   Park, Seong Ho ^a   Ahn, Jin Young ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Double saccadic pulses; Macrosaccadic oscillation; MRI; Nucleus raphe interpositus; Omnipause neurons; Pons; Saccadic intrusion; Saccadic oscillation; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOGRAPHY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS;

EID: 35648991457     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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