Are signs of ocular tilt reaction in patients with cerebellar lesions mediated by the dentate nucleus?

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1445-1454

  Baier, B ^a   Bense, S ^a   Dieterich, M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dentate nucleus; Ocular tilt reaction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 44949165510     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn086     Document Type: Article

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