ON THE CENTRAL MECHANISM OF LATENT NYSTAGMUS

✍ Scribed by A. G. M. van VLIET

• Book ID: 114920250
• Publisher: Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 424 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1755-375X
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1973.tb06046.x

✦ Synopsis

The eye movements of patients with latent nystagmus were recorded during monocular gaze intention following acoustic stimulation in complete darkness and in a series of experiments with the aid of the katoptric pseudoscope of Ewald. It appears to be the intention of “looking‐with‐one eye” which elicits latent nystagmus. Moreover, it can be shown that the moment of appearance and the direction of the nystagmus are determined not by the illuminated retina but by the act of “pointing” an object with one eye. The preponderance of motor over sensory factors, and especially of intentional motor behaviour, is clearly demonstrated. The possible central mechanism of latent nystagmus is discussed.