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Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders pp 235–253Cite as

Role of Ocular Motor Assessment in Diagnosis and Research

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The clinical evaluation of eye movements can contribute substantially to the diagnosis of parkinsonian disorders, provided the physician performs a proper examination and interprets the findings by referring to a simple scheme of the neurobiology of eye movements (1). Further diagnostic information can often be obtained by recording eye movements, which are more accessible to measurement and analysis than limb movements or gait. A good part of the neurobiological substrate of eye movements has been defined, which makes it possible to attribute disordered properties of eye movements to dysfunction of specific neuronal populations or structures in the brain. In this chapter, first, we review pertinent aspects of the ocular motor examination; second, we highlight some important test paradigms and technical aspects of measuring eye movements; and third, we summarize disorders of ocular motility reported with parkinsonian disorders and diseases affecting the basal ganglia.

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Leigh, R.J., Zee, D.S. (2005). Role of Ocular Motor Assessment in Diagnosis and Research. In: Litvan, I. (eds) Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-834-X:235

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