Mechanisms of vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) cancellation in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA-3) and episodic ataxia type 2 (EA-2)

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue , 2008, Pages 519-525

  Gordon, Carlos R ^a,b   Caspi, Avi ^c   Levite, Ronen ^a   Zivotofsky, Ari Z ^c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

eye head tracking; head thrust; magnetic search coil; saccadic tracking; smooth pursuit; VOR gain

Indexed keywords

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC ATAXIA TYPE 2; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 3; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 49349096575     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00674-2     Document Type: Chapter

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