Eye hyperdeviation in mouse cerebellar mutants is comparable to the gravity-dependent component of human downbeat nystagmus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue , 2008, Pages 503-508

  Stahl, John S ^a,b   Oommen, Brian S ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

cacna1a; calcium; channelopathy; downbeat nystagmus; maculo ocular; otolith

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE HYPERDEVIATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY;

EID: 49349109380     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00672-9     Document Type: Chapter

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