Extraocular proprioception and new treatments for infantile nystagmus syndrome

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-75

  Dell'Osso, L F ^a,b   Wang, Z I ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

control system; models; nystagmus; ocular motor system; proprioception; treatments

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYE MUSCLE REATTACHMENT; FOUR MUSCLE TENOTOMY; HUMAN; INFANTILE NYSTAGMUS SYNDROME; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW; STRABISMUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIBRATION SENSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 49349090939     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00610-9     Document Type: Chapter

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