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chemia with disk damage and field loss, and (3) primary ischemic glaucoma, in which vascular damage with cupping and field loss occurs without pressure (lowtension glaucoma). From the point of view of clinical usefulness, areas of hypoperfusion were seen on rare occasions before a field defect was documented. In this case, either the angiography was more sensitive than field testing in detect ing early disk damage, or the angiographic findings precede and predict the occurrence of damage. Either way, angi ography has potential interest. However, not all cases develop angiographic abnor malities before they develop field loss, and further work is needed to determine exactly the validity and usefulness of an giography in detecting the earliest stages of glaucomatous damage. In contrast to possible usefulness in diagnosing early disk changes, there is no evident useful ness of angiography in clearly established cases of glaucoma with field loss. T h e author implies that discovering areas of hypoperfusion may establish the diagno sis of low-tension glaucoma in cases where there is no explanation for a field defect, but this is difficult to conclude without showing whether other types of optic nerve disease can have areas of hypoperfusion on the disk. The text contains interesting findings and is worthy of the attention of those interested in the details of glaucomatous optic nerve damage. D O U G L A S R. A N D E R S O N
SYMPOSIA Physiological Aspects of Clinical Neurol ogy. Edited by F . Clifford Rose. Ox ford, England, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1977. Clothbound, 343 pages, table of contents, index, 9 tables, 197 black and white figures. $41
JULY, 1978
KENNARD, C : T h e development of binocular visual connections ARNOTT, E. J.: A physiological classification of nystagmus SANDERS, M.D.: Disturbances of ocular movements in cerebellar disease D E N N Y - B R O W N , D.: Spasm of visual fixation B E N D E R , M O R R I S B.: Dysfunction
in the visual
perception of space and motion E T T L I N G E R , G.: Parietal cortex in visual orientation Ross RUSSELL, R. W.: Visual localization and vas cular disease BAUMGARTNER, G.: Neuronal mechanisms of t h e migrainous visual aura R U S H T O N , D. N., A N D B R I N D L E Y , G. S.: Short- and
long-term stability of cortical electrical phosphenes ECCLES, SIR J O H N : Cerebellar function in the con trol of movement M A R S D E N , C. D., M E R T O N , P. A., M O R T O N , H. B., H A L L E T T , M., A D A M , J., A N D R U S H T O N , D. N.: Dis
orders of movement in cerebellar disease in man GRANIT, R.: Reconsidering the "alpha-gamma" switch in cerebellar action W A L S H , E. G.: Persistence of stretch reflexes fol lowing cerebellar ablation—and a resonance theory of cerebellar function M A T T H E W S , W. B.: Familial degeneration of the cerebellum RICHARDSON,
J.
C.,
REWCASTLE,
N.
B., AND
D E L E A N , J.: Hypoxic myoclonus: clinical and path ological observations BUCY, P. C.: T h e pyramidal tract and t h e neural mechanism controlling voluntary movement RONDOT,
P.:
The
Parkinsonian tremor
pathophysiology
of
the
MENSE, S., AND SCHMIDT, R. F.: Muscle pain: which receptors are responsible for the transmis sion of noxious stimuli? M C N A U G H T O N , F. L., AND F E I N D E L , W. H.: T h e
innervation of intracranial structures: a reappraisal DAMASIO, A., AND DAMASIO, H.: Studies in dichotic listening: contributions to neurophysiology AlRD, R. B.: Some observations of clinical interest on the pathophysiology of epilepsy SLOPER, J. C.: Axoplasmic transport neuropathological implications
and its
VOL. 86, NO. 1
BOOK REVIEWS
Eye Movements. Edited by Barbara A. Brooks and Frank J. Bajandas. New York, Plenum Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover, 223 pages, table of contents, foreward, references, index, 67 black and white figures. $22.50
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MILES, F. A.: The primate flocculus and eye-head coordination COHEN, BERNARD; MATSUO, VICTOR; AND RAPHAN,
THEODORE: Optokinetic nystagmus and afternystagmus. Characteristics and functional signifi cance KELLER, EDWARD L.: The role of the brain-stem
reticular formation in eye movement control COGAN, DAVID G.: Enigmas and hypotheses
ZEE, DAVID S.: Disorders of eye-head coordination DELL'OSSO, LOUIS F., AND TROOST, B. TODD: The
ocular motor system. Normal and clinical studies
ROBINSON, D. A.: Is the cerebellum too old to learn?
HIGHSTEIN, STEPHEN M.: Abducens to medial rec-
tus pathway in the MLF. A possible cellular basis for the syndrome of internuclear ophthalmoplegia
BAKER, ROBERT: The nucleus prepositus hypoglossi SPARKS, DAVID L., AND POLLACK, JAY G.:
The
neural control of saccadic eye movements. The role of the superior colliculus
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
chemia with disk damage and field loss, and (3) primary ischemic glaucoma, in which vascular damage with cupping and field loss occurs without pressure (lowtension glaucoma). From the point of view of clinical usefulness, areas of hypoperfusion were seen on rare occasions before a field defect was documented. In this case, either the angiography was more sensitive than field testing in detect ing early disk damage, or the angiographic findings precede and predict the occurrence of damage. Either way, angi ography has potential interest. However, not all cases develop angiographic abnor malities before they develop field loss, and further work is needed to determine exactly the validity and usefulness of an giography in detecting the earliest stages of glaucomatous damage. In contrast to possible usefulness in diagnosing early disk changes, there is no evident useful ness of angiography in clearly established cases of glaucoma with field loss. T h e author implies that discovering areas of hypoperfusion may establish the diagno sis of low-tension glaucoma in cases where there is no explanation for a field defect, but this is difficult to conclude without showing whether other types of optic nerve disease can have areas of hypoperfusion on the disk. The text contains interesting findings and is worthy of the attention of those interested in the details of glaucomatous optic nerve damage. D O U G L A S R. A N D E R S O N
SYMPOSIA Physiological Aspects of Clinical Neurol ogy. Edited by F . Clifford Rose. Ox ford, England, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1977. Clothbound, 343 pages, table of contents, index, 9 tables, 197 black and white figures. $41
JULY, 1978
KENNARD, C : T h e development of binocular visual connections ARNOTT, E. J.: A physiological classification of nystagmus SANDERS, M.D.: Disturbances of ocular movements in cerebellar disease D E N N Y - B R O W N , D.: Spasm of visual fixation B E N D E R , M O R R I S B.: Dysfunction
in the visual
perception of space and motion E T T L I N G E R , G.: Parietal cortex in visual orientation Ross RUSSELL, R. W.: Visual localization and vas cular disease BAUMGARTNER, G.: Neuronal mechanisms of t h e migrainous visual aura R U S H T O N , D. N., A N D B R I N D L E Y , G. S.: Short- and
long-term stability of cortical electrical phosphenes ECCLES, SIR J O H N : Cerebellar function in the con trol of movement M A R S D E N , C. D., M E R T O N , P. A., M O R T O N , H. B., H A L L E T T , M., A D A M , J., A N D R U S H T O N , D. N.: Dis
orders of movement in cerebellar disease in man GRANIT, R.: Reconsidering the "alpha-gamma" switch in cerebellar action W A L S H , E. G.: Persistence of stretch reflexes fol lowing cerebellar ablation—and a resonance theory of cerebellar function M A T T H E W S , W. B.: Familial degeneration of the cerebellum RICHARDSON,
J.
C.,
REWCASTLE,
N.
B., AND
D E L E A N , J.: Hypoxic myoclonus: clinical and path ological observations BUCY, P. C.: T h e pyramidal tract and t h e neural mechanism controlling voluntary movement RONDOT,
P.:
The
Parkinsonian tremor
pathophysiology
of
the
MENSE, S., AND SCHMIDT, R. F.: Muscle pain: which receptors are responsible for the transmis sion of noxious stimuli? M C N A U G H T O N , F. L., AND F E I N D E L , W. H.: T h e
innervation of intracranial structures: a reappraisal DAMASIO, A., AND DAMASIO, H.: Studies in dichotic listening: contributions to neurophysiology AlRD, R. B.: Some observations of clinical interest on the pathophysiology of epilepsy SLOPER, J. C.: Axoplasmic transport neuropathological implications
and its
VOL. 86, NO. 1
BOOK REVIEWS
Eye Movements. Edited by Barbara A. Brooks and Frank J. Bajandas. New York, Plenum Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover, 223 pages, table of contents, foreward, references, index, 67 black and white figures. $22.50
145
MILES, F. A.: The primate flocculus and eye-head coordination COHEN, BERNARD; MATSUO, VICTOR; AND RAPHAN,
THEODORE: Optokinetic nystagmus and afternystagmus. Characteristics and functional signifi cance KELLER, EDWARD L.: The role of the brain-stem
reticular formation in eye movement control COGAN, DAVID G.: Enigmas and hypotheses
ZEE, DAVID S.: Disorders of eye-head coordination DELL'OSSO, LOUIS F., AND TROOST, B. TODD: The
ocular motor system. Normal and clinical studies
ROBINSON, D. A.: Is the cerebellum too old to learn?
HIGHSTEIN, STEPHEN M.: Abducens to medial rec-
tus pathway in the MLF. A possible cellular basis for the syndrome of internuclear ophthalmoplegia
BAKER, ROBERT: The nucleus prepositus hypoglossi SPARKS, DAVID L., AND POLLACK, JAY G.:
The
neural control of saccadic eye movements. The role of the superior colliculus