The neurology of eye movements / R. John Leigh, MD, FRCP, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, David S. Zee, MD, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Edition:
5th edition.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xx, 1109 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Series statement from book jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A survey of eye movements : characteristics and teleology -- The ocular motor periphery -- The vestibular-optokinetic system -- The saccadic system -- Smooth visual tracking and fixation -- Gaze holding and the neural integrator -- The neural basis for conjugate eye movements -- Eye-head movements -- Vergence eye movements -- Diagnosis of peripheral ocular motor palsies and strabismus -- Diagnosis of nystagmus and saccadic intrusions -- Diagnosis and management of vestibular disorders -- Disorders of ocular motility due to disease of the brainstem, cerebellum, and diencephalon -- Disorders of ocular motility with disease affecting the basal ganglia, cerebral cortex, and in systemic conditions.
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