title: Proprioception in extraocular muscles.
abstract: Human extraocular muscles are richly endowed with sensory receptors. The precise role of afferent signals derived from these proprioceptors in ocular motor control and spatial localization has been the subject of considerable debate for more than a century. Laboratory-based and clinical studies have increasingly suggested that proprioceptive signals from extraocular muscles influence visuomotor behavior.
authors.affiliation: Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow G12 0YN, United Kingdom. clifford.weir@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Clifford R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Weir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*