Anatomy and Physiology of the Saccade System

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Identifier Daroff_03-11
Title Anatomy and Physiology of the Saccade System
Creator Robert B. Daroff, MD
Affiliation Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine, CASE Western Reserve University, University Hospitals - Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Subject Saccades; Saccadic Eye Movements; Supranuclear Input
Description Saccades depend on a pulse-step firing pattern that allows an initiation of the saccade (pulse), and maintenance of the new eye position in space (step). This video explains the anatomical pathway for this type of activation. The burst cells, which lie in the PPRF, generate the pulse, while the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi and medial vestibular nuclei are responsible for integrating the pulse, yielding the step. Lesions of the pulse generator produce slow-to-no-saccades.
Date 1991
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source VHS
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Robert B. Daroff Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Daroff/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6q81fqz
Setname ehsl_novel_rbd
ID 188460
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q81fqz
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