Irrepressible saccades from a tectal lesion in a Rhesus monkey Export

@article{citeulike:3001278, abstract = {We present a case of spontaneously occurring irrepressible saccades in an experimental Rhesus monkey. Though eye jerks are sometimes associated with cerebellar disease, central demyelination or brainstem lesions, there is little consensus on their neurological mechanisms. From neurological and anatomical investigation we report that these irrepressible saccades were caused by a discrete cerebrovascular accident that involved the rostral superior colliculus along with its commissure, and with minor invasion of periaqueductal gray and adjacent mesencephalic reticular formation. Other suspected structures, like the raphe interpositus, substantia nigra and the cerebellum, were unaffected.}, author = {Carasig, Dana and Paul, Kush and Fucito, Michele and Ramcharan, Eion and Gnadt, James W.}, citeulike-article-id = {3001278}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2005.05.024}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T0W-4GNKR85-1/1/bfad946e113fbc7d163fa0866a788829}, doi = {10.1016/j.visres.2005.05.024}, journal = {Vision Research}, keywords = {cerebellum, colliculus, commissur, dorsal, eye, jerks, midbrain, saccade, superior, syndrome}, month = {April}, number = {8-9}, pages = {1161--1169}, posted-at = {2008-07-15 08:25:16}, priority = {2}, title = {Irrepressible saccades from a tectal lesion in a Rhesus monkey}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2005.05.024}, volume = {46}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3001278 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3001278 N2 - We present a case of spontaneously occurring irrepressible saccades in an experimental Rhesus monkey. Though eye jerks are sometimes associated with cerebellar disease, central demyelination or brainstem lesions, there is little consensus on their neurological mechanisms. From neurological and anatomical investigation we report that these irrepressible saccades were caused by a discrete cerebrovascular accident that involved the rostral superior colliculus along with its commissure, and with minor invasion of periaqueductal gray and adjacent mesencephalic reticular formation. Other suspected structures, like the raphe interpositus, substantia nigra and the cerebellum, were unaffected. IS - 8-9 JF - Vision Research EP - 1169 TI - Irrepressible saccades from a tectal lesion in a Rhesus monkey VL - 46 SP - 1161 KW - cerebellum KW - colliculus KW - commissur KW - dorsal KW - eye KW - jerks KW - midbrain KW - saccade KW - superior KW - syndrome AU - Carasig, Dana AU - Paul, Kush AU - Fucito, Michele AU - Ramcharan, Eion AU - Gnadt, James PY - 2006/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2005.05.024 ER -