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Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1 A Survey
of Eye Movements: Characteristics and Teleology
- Why Study Eye Movements?
- Visual Requirements of Eye Movements
- Functional Classes of Eye Movements
- Orbital Mechanics: Phasic and Tonic Innervation
- Forging the Command for Eye Movements: The Neural Integrator
- Vestibular and Optokinetic Systems
- Saccadic System
- Smooth Pursuit and Visual Fixation
- Combined Movements of the Eyes and Head
- Vergence Eye Movements
- Adaptive Control of Eye Movements and the Cerebellum
- Voluntary Control of Eye Movements
- Eye Movements and Spatial Localization
- The Scientific Method Applied to the Study of Eye Movements
- Chapter 2 The
Ocular Motor Periphery
- The Role of the Ocular Motor Periphery
- The Kinematics of Eye Rotation
- The Eyeball and its Attachments: Fascia and Extraocular Muscles
- Embryology of the Extraocular Muscles and their Innervation
- Characteristics of Extraocular Muscle Fibers
- Electrophysiological Characteristics of Extraocular Muscle Fibers
- Extraocular Muscle Proprioception
- Innervation of the Extraocular Muscles: Anatomy of Ocular Motor Nerves and their Nuclei
- Quantitative Descriptions of the Orbital Contents
- Chapter 3 The
Vestibular-Optokinetic System
- Function of the Vestibular-Optokinetic System
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral Vestibular System
- Brainstem Elaboration of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
- Neural Substrate for Optokinetic Responses
- Quantitative Aspects of the Vestibular-Optokinetic System
- Adaptive Properties of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
- Influences of the Vestibulocerebellum on the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
- Vestibular Sensation and the Role of the Cerebral Hemispheres in the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
- Clinical Examination of Vestibular and Optokinetic Function
- Laboratory Evaluation of Vestibular and Optokinetic Function
- Pathophysiology of Disorders of the Vestibular System
- Chapter 4 The Saccadic System
- Chapter 5 Smooth
Visual Tracking and Fixation
- The Need for Smooth Visual Tracking
- Visual Fixation: An Ocular Motor Balancing Act
- Behavioral Properties of Smooth Visual Tracking Eye Movements
- Adaptive Properties of Smooth Pursuit
- Neural Substrate for Smooth Visual Tracking
- Models of Smooth Pursuit
- Clinical Examination of Fixation and Smooth Pursuit
- Laboratory Evaluation of Fixation and Smooth Pursuit
- Abnormalities of Visual Fixation and Smooth Pursuit
- Chapter 6 Gaze Holding and the Neural Integrator
- Chapter 7 The Neural Basis for Conjugate Eye Movements
- Chapter 8 Eye-Head
Movements
- Ocular Motor and Cephalomotor Systems
- Geometry and Kinematics of Head Rotation
- Head and Gaze Stabilization
- Rapid Gaze Shifts Achieved by Combined Eye-Head Movements
- Smooth Tracking with Eyes and Head
- Examination of Eye-Head Movements
- Laboratory Evaluation of Eye-Head Movements
- Disorders of Eye-Head Movement
- Chapter 9 Vergence
Eye Movements
- The Role of Vergence Eye Movements
- Vergence and Sensory Fusion
- Stimuli to Vergence Movements
- Dynamic Properties of Vergence Movements
- Neural Substrate of Vergence Movements
- Conceptual Models of Supranuclear Control of Vergence
- Adaptive Mechanisms to Maintain Ocular Alignment
- Examination of Vergence Movements
- Laboratory Testing of Vergence Eye Movements
- Abnormalities of Vergence
- Chapter 10
Diagnosis of Peripheral Ocular Motor Palsies and Strabismus
- Physiologic Basis for Clinical Testing of Diplopia: Conjugate Movements: Yoke Muscle Pairs
- Clinical Testing in Diplopia
- Pathophysiology of Some Clinical Signs that Commonly Accompany Strabismus
- Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Concomitant Strabismus
- Clinical Features of Ocular Nerve Palsies
- Abducens Nerve Palsy
- Trochlear Nerve Palsy
- Oculomotor Nerve Palsy
- Multiple Ocular Motor Nerve Palsies
- Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
- Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia and Restrictive Ophthalmopathies
- Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy
- Acquired Restrictive Ophthalmopathy
- Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorders (CCDD) and Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles
- Chapter 11
Diagnosis of Nystagmus and Saccadic Intrusions
- An Approach to the Patient with Nystagmus
- Nystagmus Due to Vestibular Imbalance
- Nystagmus Occurring When the Eyes are in Eccentric Gaze
- Nystagmus Occurring in Association with Disease of the Visual System
- Acquired Pendular Nystagmus and its Relationship to Visual Pathways
- Convergent-Divergent Forms of Nystagmus
- Congenital Forms of Nystagmus
- Lid Nystagmus
- Saccadic Intrusions and Oscillations
- Treatments for Nystagmus and Saccadic Intrusions
- Chapter 12 Diagnosis and Management of Vestibular Disorders
- Chapter 13
Disorders of Ocular Motility Due to Disease of the Brainstem,
Cerebellum, and Diencephalon
- Ocular Motor Syndromes Caused by Lesions in the Medulla
- Ocular Motor Syndromes Caused by Disease of the Cerebellum
- Ocular Motor Syndromes Caused by Disease of the Pons
- Ocular Motor Syndromes Caused by Lesions of the Midbrain
- Ocular Motor Syndromes Caused by Lesions in the Superior Colliculus
- Ocular Motor Syndromes Caused by Lesions in the Diencephalon
- Chapter 14
Disorders of Ocular Motility with Disease Affecting the Basal Ganglia,
Cerebral Cortex, and in Systemic Conditions
- Disorders Involving the Basal Ganglia
- Ocular Motor Syndromes Caused by Lesions in the Cerebral Hemispheres
- Ocular Motor Apraxia
- Eye Movements During Epileptic Seizures
- Abnormalities of Eye Movements in Patients with Dementia
- Eye Movement Disorders in Psychiatric Illnesses
- Eye Movements in Stupor and Coma
- Ocular Motor Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Ocular Motor Manifestations of Metabolic and Deficiency Disorders
- Effects of Drugs on Eye Movements
- End Matter
