Selective saccadic palsy caused by pontine lesions: clinical, physiological, and pathological correlations

Annals of Neurology
M R HansonR J Leigh

Abstract

Two patients suffered a selective deficit of voluntary saccades and quick phases of nystagmus after hypoxic-ischemic insults during open-heart surgery. All voluntary saccades, in both horizontal and vertical planes, were slow, and quick phases of vestibular and optokinetic nystagmus were absent. Smooth pursuit, the vestibuloocular reflex, the ability to hold steady eccentric gaze, and vergence eye movements were all preserved. Pathological studies in 1 patient confirmed neuronal necrosis and gliosis, consistent with ischemic lesions involving the median and paramedian pontine reticular formation and median basis pontis but sparing the rostral mesencephalon and rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus. These findings, taken with data from experimental studies, support the hypothesis that each functionally defined class of horizontal eye movements is controlled by a separate neural substrate that projects independently to the abducens nuclei. In addition, these data suggest that the rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus is dependent on inputs from the paramedian pontine reticular formation for the programming of normal vertical saccades.

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