Using Eye Movements as an Experimental Probe of Brain Function : a symposium in honor of Jean Buttner-Ennever /
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Meeting name: | Using Eye Movements as an Experimental Probe of Brain Function (Conference) (2007 : London, England) |
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Imprint: | Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2008. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 613 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
Language: | English |
Series: | Progress in brain research, 0079-6123 ; volume 171 Progress in brain research ; v. 171. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11187388 |
Summary: | This volume of Progress in Brain Research is based on the proceedings of a conference, "Using Eye Movements as an Experimental Probe of Brain Function," held at the Charing Cross Hospital Campus of Imperial College London, UK on 5th -6th December, 2007 to honor Professor Jean Büttner-Ennever. With 87 contributions from international experts - both basic scientists and clinicians - the volume provides many examples of how eye movements can be used to address a broad range of research questions. Section 1 focuses on extraocular muscle, highlighting new concepts of proprioceptive control that involve even the cerebral cortex. Section 2 comprises structural, physiological, pharmacological, and computational aspects of brainstem mechanisms, and illustrates implications for disorders as diverse as opsoclonus, and congenital scoliosis with gaze palsy. Section 3 addresses how the cerebellum transforms neural signals into motor commands, and how disease of such mechanisms may lead to ataxia and disorders such as oculopalatal tremor. Section 4 deals with sensory-motor processing of visual, vestibular, somatosensory, and auditory inputs, such as are required for navigation, and gait. Section 5 illustrates how eye movements, used in conjunction with single-unit electrophysiology, functional imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and lesion studies have illuminated cognitive processes, including memory, prediction, and even free will. Section 6 includes 18 papers dealing with disorders ranging from congenital to acquired forms of nystagmus, genetic and degenerative neurological disorders, and treatments for nystagmus and motion sickness.<br> <br> * Clinicians will find important new information on the substrate for spinocerebellar ataxia, late-onset Tay-Sachs disease, Huntington disease, and pulvinar lesions<br> * Organizes multiple articles on such topics as proprioception, short and longer-term memory, and hereditary cerebellar ataxias for a more coherent presentation<br> * Articles on anatomic tracers, functional imaging, and computational neuroscience are illustrated in color |
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Item Description: | "This volume of Progress in Brain Research is the fruit of a conference Using Eye Movements as an Experimental Probe of Brain Function, held at the Charing Cross Hospital Campus of Imperial College, London, UK on 5th-6th December, 2007"--Foreword. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 613 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780080932323 0080932320 0444531637 9780444531636 |
ISSN: | 0079-6123 ; |