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Syndromes of the medial longitudinal fasciculus

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Eye Movement Disorders

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

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The medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) is the main pathway subserving horizontal and vertical gaze movements. The MLF extends from the superior and medial vestibular nuclei at the level of the pons to Perlia’s nucleus in the rostral mesenchephalon. Its exitatory fibres cross the midline at the level of the abducens (sixth) nucleus to terminate in the oculomotor (third) nucleus [1].

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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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Sanders, E.A.C.M. (1987). Syndromes of the medial longitudinal fasciculus. 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_18

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