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2941523

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
With a newly developed infrared reflection technique, voluntary saccadic eye movements (VOLS), visually evoked saccades (VES) and unsuppressed visually evoked reflex saccades (USVERS) were measured in 11 patients with Huntington's chorea. Abnormalities, including latency increase, peak velocity decrease and undershoot dysmetria with multiple step saccades were found in all types of saccadic eye movements. Peak velocity decrease and undershoot dysmetria can be explained by dysfunction of the brainstem reticular formation in Huntington's chorea. USVERS and square wave jerks occurred abnormally frequently and showed direction-dependent differences. Both were more frequent in horizontal than in vertical direction. Frequency of USVERS and square-wave jerks tended to be correlated. These findings point to disinhibited superior colliculi as a possible common supranuclear origin of USVERS and square-wave jerks in Huntington's chorea.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Horizontal and vertical saccadic eye movement abnormalities in Huntington's chorea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article