Medical Optokinetic Nystagmus

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Optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) is a physiologic phenomenon produced by asking the patient to visually track a succession of moving stimuli. OKN eye movements involve two phases: the first is smooth pursuit eye movements in the direction of the moving …

Optokinetic response - Wikipedia

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Types of Eye Movements and Their Functions

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This alternating slow and fast movement of the eyes in response to such stimuli is called optokinetic nystagmus. Optokinetic nystagmus is a …

Nystagmus Types - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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Optokinetic or pendular nystagmus- multi-direction (e.g.vertical, torsional, or horizontal) nystagmus in response to moving …

Optokinetic nystagmus - Neurosigns

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Optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) is a normal, physiologic type of nystagmus sometimes affected by disease. (1-4) OKN is conjugate nystagmus induced by a …

Optokinetic Nystagmus testing - Dizziness-and …

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Optokinetic nystagmus, or OKN for short, is the eye movement elicited by the tracking of a moving field. It differs from smooth pursuit which is the eye movement elicited by tracking of a single distinct …

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Small hand-held striped tapes or drums, that are used in the clinic to test optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), activate both smooth pursuit and optokinetic smooth eye …

Optokinetic nystagmus. A clinical review - PubMed

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PMID: 2531164. Abstract. Although optokinetic nystagmus was described as a clinical phenomenon over 150 years ago, its neurophysiologic mechanism has provoked …

Nystagmus, optokinetic | definition of Nystagmus

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Railway nystagmus (also called optokinetic nystagmus) is a type of jerk nystagmus. This phenomenon can be used to check vision in infants. Nystagmus can also be induced by …

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optokinetic nystagmus nystagmus induced by looking at objects moving across the visual field. pendular nystagmus nystagmus in which the oscillations of the eyes have an …