Identifier |
wh_ch19_p922_2 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Lesions of the Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation |
Creator |
David S. Zee, MD; David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD |
Affiliation |
(DSZ) Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University; (DN) Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology, Ophthalmology, & Otolaryngology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Subject |
Ocular Motor System; Ocular Motility Disorders; Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation Lesions |
Description |
The PPRF, which corresponds principally to medial portions of the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis, contains burst neurons that are important in the generation of saccades, and the paramedian nucleus raphe interpositus contains pause neurons that inhibit burst neurons at all times except during saccades. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6642z5b |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185928 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6642z5b |