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Anatomy of the oculomotor system

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Eye Movement Disorders

Part of the book series: Monographs in Ophthalmology ((MIOP,volume 11))

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The anatomy of the oculomotor system includes the eye muscles, their innervation by the 3rd, 4th and 6th cranial nerves and the pre-oculomotor centers in the brainstem with their tectal, neocortical and cerebellar afferent paths. The primate oculomotor system was reviewed by Wolff [1], Nieuwenhuys et al. [2], Henn et al. [3, 4] and Leigh and Zee [5].

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  1. Department of Neurology, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

    E. A. C. M. Sanders

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Hospital, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 AA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    R. J. W. De Keizer

  3. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe Street, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    D. S. Zee

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Voogd, J. (1987). Anatomy of the oculomotor system. In: Sanders, E.A.C.M., De Keizer, R.J.W., Zee, D.S. (eds) Eye Movement Disorders. Monographs in Ophthalmology, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3317-0_1

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