Ocular Motility Disorders Due to Cerebral and Basal Ganglia Disease

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Identifier 20160303_nanos_ocularmotility1_01-1
Title Ocular Motility Disorders Due to Cerebral and Basal Ganglia Disease
Creator Jason J S Barton, MD PhD FRCP(C), Professor, Medicine (Neurology), Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Psychology, The University of British Columbia
Subject Saccade, Pursuit, Hemianopia, Hemineglect, Agnosia
Description Where we look determines what we see. Because human vision varies greatly with retinotopic location, with high spatial resolution limited to the fovea, humans have evolved a sophisticated ocular motor system, much of it aimed at stabilizing vision on objects of interest, despite the fact that we are mobile creatures and live in dynamic environments. Thus fixation serves to hold our gaze on a stationary object, while the vestibular and optokinetic systems work together to stabilize that gaze while our bodies or heads are in motion. If the object is moving, the smooth pursuit system will use information about the object's trajectory to keep gaze on the object. Any failure of these systems to keep gaze directed at the object will create a position error signal that will trigger a corrective saccade. Finally saccades also have the function of shifting gaze to new objects of interest, following which all the systems mentioned will act to stabilize gaze on the new object.
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
ARK ark:/87278/s68h1sm4
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 185383
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68h1sm4
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