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Online-Ressource
Ausgabe:
Karger eBooks Collection 1997-2009
ISBN:
9783318014440
Serie:
Developments in ophthalmology 40
Inhalt:
All motor behavior is characterized by sensory inputs causing specific motor reactions. Because humans modify motor reactions voluntarily or through experience, this input-output relation is more complex in humans than in lower vertebrates. Eye movements provide a window on fundamental brain function, not only for topographic diagnosis of dysfunctions but also for the comprehension of normal brain function.This book highlights basic mechanical properties of eye movements, explains the neuronal basis of the vestibular-ocular reflex, saccadic eye movements, smooth-pursuit eye movements, and vergence eye movements, and deals with their pharmacological manipulation in disorders. Since precise measurement of motor reactions is essential for understanding the oculomotor system, one chapter critically discusses current registration methods, and another one considers the possibilities and limitations of modeling it by control theory methods.Its comprehensive characterization of eye movements and their relation to brain function makes this publication essential reading to ophthalmologists, neurologists, and clinical neuropsychologists
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Anatomy of the Oculomotor System; Eye Movement Recordings:Methods; Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex; Neural Control of Saccadic Eye Movements; Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements and Optokinetic Nystagmus; Disconjugate Eye Movements; The Eyelid and Its Contribution to Eye Movements; Mechanics of the Orbita; Current Models of the Ocular Motor System; Therapeutic Considerations for Eye Movement Disorders; Subject Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783805582513
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Neuro-ophthalmology Basel : Karger, 2007 ISBN 380558251X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783805582513
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1159/isbn.978-3-318-01444-0
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