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  2. Optokinetic response - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal optokinetic nystagmus. The optokinetic reflex ( OKR ), also referred to as the optokinetic response, or optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), is a compensatory reflex that supports visual image stabilization. [ 1] The purpose of OKR is to prevent image blur on the retina that would otherwise occur when an animal moves its head or navigates ...

  3. Nystagmus - Wikipedia

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    Nystagmus as seen in a case of ocular albinism. The cause of pathological nystagmus may be congenital, idiopathic, or secondary to a pre-existing neurological disorder.It also may be induced temporarily by disorientation (such as on roller coaster rides or when a person has been spinning in circles) or by some drugs (alcohol, lidocaine, and other central nervous system depressants, inhalant ...

  4. Parinaud's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Parinaud's syndrome is a constellation of neurological signs indicating injury to the dorsal midbrain. More specifically, compression of the vertical gaze center at the rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF). It is a group of abnormalities of eye movement and pupil dysfunction and is named for Henri Parinaud [ 6 ...

  5. Anisometropia - Wikipedia

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    Anisometropia follows a U-shape distribution according to age: it is frequent in infants aged only a few weeks, is more rare in young children, comparatively more frequent in teenagers and young adults, and more prevalent after presbyopia sets in, progressively increasing into old age.

  6. Farsightedness - Wikipedia

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    Absence of lens: Congenital or acquired aphakia cause high degree hypermetropia. [13] Far-sightedness is often present from birth, but children have a very flexible eye lens, which helps to compensate. [14] In rare instances, hyperopia can be due to diabetes, as well as problems with the blood vessels in the retina. [1]

  7. Chiari malformation - Wikipedia

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    Can be congenital, or acquired through trauma. When congenital, may be asymptomatic during childhood, but often manifests with headaches and cerebellar symptoms. Syndrome of occipitoatlantoaxial hypermobility is an acquired Chiari I malformation in patients with hereditary disorders of connective tissue. [ 40 ]

  8. Agenesis of the corpus callosum - Wikipedia

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    Neurology. Agenesis of the corpus callosum ( ACC) is a rare birth defect in which there is a complete or partial absence of the corpus callosum. It occurs when the development of the corpus callosum, the band of white matter connecting the two hemispheres in the brain, in the embryo is disrupted. The result of this is that the fibers that would ...

  9. Zonular cataract and nystagmus - Wikipedia

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    Zonular cataract and nystagmus, also referred as nystagmus with congenital zonular cataract, is a rare congenital disease associated with Nystagmus and zonular cataract of the eye. Genetics [ edit ] It has been suggested that the disease follows an X-linked pattern of inheritance [2] though studies done on this particular disease are few.