Oculomotor abnormalities in myoclonic tremor: A comparison with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2295-2303

  Bour, L J ^a,b   Van Rootselaar, A F ^a   Koelman, J H T M ^a   Tijssen, M A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downbeat nystagmus; Express saccades; Myoclonic tremor; SPEM; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 50849117509     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn177     Document Type: Article

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