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Adaptive mechanisms of saccadic system in diagnostic use
K P Hoffmann1, G Mühlau, C Müller
1Department of Neurology, Clinic of Psychiatry and Neurology Hans Berger, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany.
Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
|April 1, 1993
Abstract:
The possibilities of diagnostic use of saccades are given in pathological eye movements as well as in adaptive mechanisms. They are used to offset the degradation of oculomotor performance resulting from interference along the chain of neural conducting, in neuromuscular transmission and in muscle function. Pharmacological effects can be used to increase the influence of disorders or to detect adaptive mechanisms. During the pharmacological therapy with carbamazepine or diphenylhydantoin, adaptive processes can be measured.