Disorders of vergence eye movements

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Serra, Alessandro ^a   Chen, Athena L ^a   Leigh, R John ^a  

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

Author keywords

amblyopia; epilepsy; internuclear ophthalmoplegia; nystagmus; three dimensional gaze control; vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAZE; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VERGENCE DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PONS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 78651411469     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328341eebd     Document Type: Review

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