Palsy of "fast" and "slow" vergence by pontine lesions

Holger Rambold; Thurid Sander; Gunnar Neumann; Christoph Helmchen

doi:10.1212/01.WNL.0000149526.86990.ED

Palsy of "fast" and "slow" vergence by pontine lesions

Holger Rambold^*, Thurid Sander, Gunnar Neumann, Christoph Helmchen

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Department of Neurology

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Abstract

The role of pontine nuclei in vergence eye movements to "step" targets ("fast" vergence) is unknown. Eye movements were recorded in two patients with unilateral pontine infarctions and in 11 healthy controls. In addition to the deficit of "slow" vergence, "fast" vergence was particularly impaired. However, conjugate saccades did not differ from controls, but smooth pursuit eye movements did. The authors conclude that "fast" vergence palsy is not only caused by midbrain but also upper pontine lesions.

Original language	English
Journal	Neurology
Volume	64
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	338-340
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0028-3878
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000149526.86990.ED
Publication status	Published - 25.01.2005

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