Oscillopsia: Causes and management

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-43

  Tilikete, Caroline ^a,b,c   Vighetto, Alain ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

nystagmus; ocular fixation; spatial constancy; spatial updating; vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREMOR; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; TREMOR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651405504     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328341e3b5     Document Type: Review

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