Saccadic eye movements are shifts in the direction of gaze that rapidly and accurately aim
the fovea at targets of interest. Saccades are so brief that visual feedback cannot guide them …

A central goal of the Neurosciences is to provide an account of how the brain works in terms
of cell groups organised into pattern generating networks. This review focuses on the neural …

The cerebellum is of major interest to both oculomotor physiologists who want to learn its
function in normal ocular motility and clinical neuroophthalmologists who need to know the …

Horizontal and vertical eye movements of ten human subjects were recorded with a scleral
induction‐coil technique during voluntary pursuit of sinusoidal, triangular and pseudo …

The clinical features of 11 families containing 73 individuals with dominantly inherited
cerebellar ataxia of late onset are described. Many of the patients had physical signs in …

A new syndrome of autosomal recessive spastic ataxia has been isolated in the Charlevoix-
Saguenay region of Quebec. This syndrome is remarkably homogeneous and includes …

Abstract Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) was recently identified as a form of autosomal
dominant cerebellar ataxia associated with small expansions of the trinucleotide repeat …

This series of articles for rehabilitation in practice aims to cover a knowledge element of the
rehabilitation medicine curriculum. Nevertheless they are intended to be of interest to a …

Experimental and clinical data indicate that the cerebellum is involved in the
pathophysiology of advanced stages of essential tremor (ET). The aim of this study was to …

The cerebellum may monitor motor commands and through internal feedback correct for
anticipated errors. Saccades provide a test of this idea because these movements are …