OPTO 414 - Oculomotor Functions and Neurology

Oculomotor functions and neurology  OPTO 414 (2 + 0   =  2 Credits)
 
In two hour lectures per week, this course will cover the following topics over ten weeks: neuroanatomical pathways for the control of eye position and movement, gaze holding, image stabilization, tracking eye movement systems, oculomotor signs of disorders of the central nervous systems (palsies, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia, cog-wheel pursuits, saccadic dysmetria, the near visuomotor response and the synergistic coupling of accommodation and convergence.