Comparison of infantile nystagmus syndrome in achiasmatic zebrafish and humans

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 285-291

  Ying Yu Huang, Melody ^a   Chen, Chieng Cheng ^a   Huber Reggi, Sabina P ^b   Neuhauss, Stephan C F ^b   Straumann, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congenital nystagmus; Infantile nystagmus syndrome; Misprojection; Optokinetic response; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE NYSTAGMUS SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRETECTUM; VISUAL DISORDER; WAVEFORM; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 80053219727     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06150.x     Document Type: Article

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