In this video, we will learn the final common brainstem pathway for conjugate horizontal eye movements. Inputs from the frontal eye fields for saccadic eye movements, the parieto-occipital cortex for smooth pursuit eye movements, and the vestibular nuclei for vesitbulo-ocular eye movements all ultimately pass through this final common pathway.
Key structures: medial rectus, lateral rectus, oculomotor nucleus, medial longitudinal fasciculus, interneurons, motor neurons, abducens nucleus, midbrain, pons, medulla. |