A unifying neurologic mechanism for infantile nystagmus

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 761-768

  Brodsky, Michael C ^a   Dell'Osso, Louis F ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; INFANTILE NYSTAGMUS; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEESAW NYSTAGMUS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; OPTIC CHIASM; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84902532127     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.5833     Document Type: Review

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