title: Ocular motor abnormalities in neurodegenerative disorders.
abstract: Eye movements are a source of valuable information to both clinicians and scientists as abnormalities of them frequently act as clues to the localization of a disease process. Classically, they are divided into two main types: those that hold the gaze, keeping images steady on the retina (vestibulo-ocular and optokinetic reflexes) and those that shift gaze and redirect the line of sight to a new object of interest (saccades, vergence, and smooth pursuit). Here we will review some of the major ocular motor abnormalities present in neurodegenerative disorders.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford UK.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Antoniades
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kennard
mesh_terms: D003290:Convergence, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017120:Nystagmus, Optokinetic / Q000502:physiology; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth / Q000502:physiology; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology