期刊
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 135, 期 4, 页码 437-454出版社
SPRINGER-VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000539
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visuomotor; cerebellum; locomotion; human; saccades
Eight patients suffering from primary cerebellar degenerative diseases undertook a walkway task, demanding precise foot placement at each step, and a visual fixation task, requiring only eye movements. Step cycle and horizontal eye movements were recorded throughout the tasks and compared to those of healthy adults (including age- and ses-matched controls). Cerebellar patients displayed both locomotor and oculomotor deficits. Increases in duration of the stance, swing and double support phases of the step cycle were all shown to contribute to ataxic gait. Dysmetric saccades to fixate the footfall targets were seen more frequently in patients than in controls. These hypometric saccades were followed by one or more corrective saccades (patients: >45% accompanied by one or more corrective saccades; controls: <10% accompanied by a single corrective saccade). Similarities between the oculomotor deficits displayed by patients during the visual fixation task and when walking indicate that the latter ale not merely a consequence of ataxic gait. The existence of several links between these locomotor and oculomotor deficits provides evidence for considerable interaction between the two cont:ol systems in the production of patterned eye and stepping movements. These results also suggest that the cerebellum plays an active role in the co-ordination of visually guided eye and limb movements during visually guided stepping.
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