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--- neuroanatomy [2025/06/09 19:08] – [Nuclear Centers] Scott Larson
+++ neuroanatomy [2025/06/18 19:10] (current) – Scott Larson
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-====== Neuroanatomy of the Visual System ======
+====== Neuroanatomy of the Oculomotor System ======
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 ==== Supranuclear Pathways ====
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     * Saccades originate here on the contralateral side of the direction of the saccade
     * Left Frontal eye field generates signal to right pons for horizontal saccades and
-  * Parietal Occipital Temporal Region generates pursuit movements
+  * Parietal Occipital Temporal Region generates pursuit movements and uses the same downstream pathways
 ====Nuclear Centers====
   * Horizontal eye movement- Pons
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   * Vertical eye movements- Midbrain at the Thalamo-mesocenphalic junction
 ====Internuclear Pathways====
   * PPRF- parapontine reticular formation
+    * near the 6th nerve nucleus
   * MLF- coordinates horizontal gaze nuclei
     * Connects the 6th nerve nucleus to the 3rd nerve nucleus
 ====Infranuclear Pathways====
   * Nerve axons to synapse then muscle contraction
+==== Diagram of Horizontal Gaze Pathways ====
+{{::horizontal-gaze-center.png|}}
 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5W83gwC-8|Gaze Centers Video Andrew Lee]]