Topology of brainstem lesions associated with subjective visual vertical tilt

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 1968-1975

  Yang, Tae Ho ^a   Oh, Sun Young ^a,b   Kwak, Kichang ^c   Lee, Jong Min ^c   Shin, Byoung Soo ^a,b   Jeong, Seul Ki ^a,b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; INFERIOR VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; INTERSTITIAL NUCLEUS OF CAJAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MEDIAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBJECTIVE VISUAL VERTICAL TILT; VERY ELDERLY; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84904018993     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000480     Document Type: Article

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