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Recording and interpretation of ocular movements: saccades, smooth pursuit, and optokinetic nystagmus

  • Jin-Ju Kang (Department of Neurology, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonbuk National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Sun-Uk Lee (Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center) ;
  • Jae-Myung Kim (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Sun-Young Oh (Department of Neurology, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonbuk National University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2022.10.27
  • Accepted : 2023.02.03
  • Published : 2023.10.30
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Abstract

The ultimate role of ocular movements is to keep the image of an object within the fovea and thereby prevent image slippage on the retina. Accurate evaluations of eye movements provide very useful information for understanding the functions of the oculomotor system and determining abnormalities therein. Such evaluations also play an important role in enabling accurate diagnoses by identifying the location of lesions and discriminating from other diseases. There are various types of ocular movements, and this article focuses on saccades, fast eye movements, smooth pursuit, and slow eye movements, which are the most important types of eye movements used in evaluations performed in clinical practice.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (Ministry of Science and ICT) (No. 2022R1A2B5B01001933) and by the Fund of the Biomedical Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University Hospital.

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