Summary
Oculographic recordings of refixation saccades and pursuit movements during nystagmus-free intervals in a patient with periodic alternating nystagmus revealed cerebellar ocular motor disturbances that support the hypothesis that cerebellar disinhibition plays a role in the pathogenesis of periodic alternating nystagmus.
Zusammenfassung
Okulographische Aufzeichnungen von Refixationssakkaden und Folgebewegungen während nystagmusfreien Intervallen bei einer Patientin mit periodisch alternierendem Nystagmus zeigten Zeichen einer zerebellären Störung der Okulomotorik. Diese Befunde stützen die Hypothese, wonach der Verlust zerebellärer Hemmechanismen beim periodisch alternierenden Nystagmus eine pathogenetische Rolle spielt.
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Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology, with grants from Schweizerische Stiftung für medizinischbiologische Stipenden, and Geigy Jubiläumsstiftung Basel
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Meienberg, O., Hoyt, W.F. Ocular motor control disorder during the neutral phase of periodic alternating nystagmus. J. Neurol. 223, 309–312 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313345
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313345