| Literature DB >> 18718355 |
Lance M Optican1, Janet C Rucker, Edward L Keller, R John Leigh.
Abstract
In late-onset Tay-Sachs disease (LOTS), saccades are interrupted by one or more transient decelerations. Some saccades reaccelerate and continue on before eye velocity reaches zero, even in darkness. Intervals between successive decelerations are not regularly spaced. Peak decelerations of horizontal and vertical components of oblique saccades in LOTS is more synchronous than those in control subjects. We hypothesize that these decelerations are caused by dysregulation of the fastigial nuclei (FN) of the cerebellum, which fire brain stem inhibitory burst neurons (IBNs).Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18718355 PMCID: PMC2750844 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00681-X
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Brain Res ISSN: 0079-6123 Impact factor: 2.453