Pharmacological tests of hypotheses for acquired pendular nystagmus

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 320-326

  Shaikh, Aasef G ^a   Thurtell, Matthew J ^b   Optican, Lance M ^c   Leigh, R John ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Guillain Mollaret triangle; Inferior olive; Learning; Multiple sclerosis; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; GABAPENTIN; MEMANTINE;

ACQUIRED PENDULAR NYSTAGMUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLATION; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; TREMOR;

EID: 80053197317     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06118.x     Document Type: Article

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