Enhancement of the bias component of downbeat nystagmus after lesions of the nodulus and uvula

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1164, Issue , 2009, Pages 482-485

  Walker, Mark F ^a,b,c   Tian, Jing ^b   Shan, Xiaoyan ^b   Ying, Howard ^b   Tamargo, Rafael J ^b   Zee, David S ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; Monkey; Oscillopsia; Rhesus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DARKNESS; EYE MOVEMENT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 66149125146     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03717.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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