Vergence deficits in pontine lesions

Holger Rambold*, Gunnar Neumann, Christoph Helmchen

*Corresponding author for this work
27 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Eye movements were recorded with the search coil system in two patients to determine whether lesions of the pontine nuclei selectively impair vergence to ramp targets (slow vergence) or step targets (fast vergence). Whereas conjugate saccades were not different from healthy control subjects, conjugate smooth pursuit eye movements had a reduced gain in horizontal and vertical directions. Slow convergence and divergence were impaired, whereas fast vergence did not differ from that of control subjects. Pontine nuclei appear to be involved in the slow vergence control.

Original languageEnglish
JournalNeurology
Volume62
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)1850-1853
Number of pages4
ISSN0028-3878
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25.05.2004

Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)

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