New insights into the upward vestibulo-oculomotor pathways in the human brainstem

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue , 2008, Pages 509-518

  Pierrot Deseilligny, Charles ^a   Tilikete, Caroline ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

crossing ventral tegmental tract; downbeat nystagmus; gravity; medial longitudinal fasciculus; otolith pathways; upbeat nystagmus; vertical nystagmus; vestibular eye movements; vestibular pathways

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MEDIAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOOCULOMOTOR TRACT;

EID: 49549086874     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00673-0     Document Type: Chapter

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