The ramus anterior (RA) of N.VIII was sectioned unilaterally. Two months later we analyzed in vivo responses of the ipsi- and of the contralesional abducens nerve during horizontal and vertical linear acceleration in darkness. The contralesional abducens nerve had become responsive again to linear acceleration either because of a synaptic reorganization in the vestibular nuclei on the operated ...

Classic Raymond syndrome consists of ipsilateral abducens impairment, contralateral central facial paresis, and contralateral hemiparesis. However, subsequent clinical observations argued on the presentation of facial involvement. To validate this entity, we present a case of classic Raymond syndrome with contralateral facial paresis. A 50 year-old man experienced acute onset of horizontal dipl...

BACKGROUND We have previously reported that the presence of the abducens nerve was variable in patients with type 3 Duane's retraction syndrome (DRS), being present in 2 of 5 eyes (40%) and absent in 3 (60%) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The previous study included only 5 eyes with unilateral DRS type 3. OBJECTIVES To supplement existing scarce pathologic information by evaluating the ...

Twenty-seven patients with unilateral sixth nerve palsy and ten normal subjects were studied. The range of ductions was examined and the degree of abduction defect was recorded. The amount of horizontal and vertical deviations was measured in nine diagnostic positions by the prism and cover test, Maddox rod and prism test, and magnetic scleral search coils. MRI with enhancement was performed fo...