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The Evolutionary Basis of Strabismus and Nystagmus in Children

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Authors:
  1. Michael C. Brodsky

    1. Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Knights Templar Research Professor of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

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  • Comprehensive collection and discussion of essays that define the pathogenesis of common forms of pediatric strabismus and nystagmus

  • Includes 20 previously published essays with new detailed discussion at the end of each essay

  • Authored by a world-renowned expert in the cross-section of neurology and ophthalmology

  • Written with focused interest for pediatric ophthalmologists and neuro-ophthalmologists

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Dissociated Vertical Divergence

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 1-15

  3. DVD Remains a Moving Target!

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 17-23

  4. Primary Oblique Muscle Overaction

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 25-43

  5. Do You Really Need Your Oblique Muscles?

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 45-63

  6. Latent Nystagmus

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 65-81

  7. Dissociated Vertical Divergence

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 83-94

  8. The Reversed Fixation Test

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 95-105

  9. Does Infantile Esotropia Arise From a Dissociated Deviation?

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 107-114

  10. The Accessory Optic System

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 115-124

  11. Visuo-Vestibular Eye Movements

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 125-135

  12. An Expanded View of Infantile Esotropia

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 137-145

  13. The Lizard’s Tail: An Ocular Allegory

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 147-150

  14. The Optokinetic Uncover Test

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 151-163

  15. A Unifying Neurologic Mechanism for Infantile Nystagmus

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 165-182

  16. Intermittent Exotropia and Accommodative Esotropia: Distinct Disorders or Two Ends of a Spectrum?

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 183-189

  17. An Optokinetic Clue to the Pathogenesis of Crossed Fixation in Infantile Esotropia

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 191-193

  18. Is Infantile Esotropia Subcortical in Origin?

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 195-205

  19. Phoria Adaptation: The Ghost in the Machine

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 207-223

  20. Monocular Nasotemporal Optokinetic Asymmetry—Unraveling the Mystery

    • Michael C. Brodsky
    Pages 225-229
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About this book

This text is a comprehensive collection and discussion of scientific essays that define the pathogenesis of common forms of pediatric strabismus and nystagmus in terms of their common evolutionary mechanisms. The goal of this book is to assemble these essays, to provide a definitive source for current clinicians to use along with follow up comments to help direct future scientific research in the field of pediatric ophthalmology. This book includes 20 original essays written by Michael C. Brodsky which mechanistically explain and unify such enigmatic conditions such as infantile esotropia, latent nystagmus, primary oblique muscle overreaction action, dissociated vertical divergence, infantile nystagmus, and intermittent exotropia in terms of ancestral evolutionary reflexes which become expressed in different ways to generate these disorders.  


This collection of essays is poised to become a classic reference, providing the necessary neurological framework for contextualizing unique ocular motor disorder and understanding the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for their development in early childhood.  




Written with focused interest for pediatric ophthalmologists and neuro-ophthalmologists, this reference will also find audience with ophthalmologists, neurologists, evolutionary biologists, and neuroscientists. 



Authors and Affiliations

  • Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Knights Templar Research Professor of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

    Michael C. Brodsky

About the author

Michael C. Brodsky, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Prosfessor, Department of Ophthalmology
Professor, Department of Neurology

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Evolutionary Basis of Strabismus and Nystagmus in Children

  • Authors: Michael C. Brodsky

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62720-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62719-5Published: 13 May 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62722-5Published: 13 May 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62720-1Published: 12 May 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 246

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Neurology, Pediatrics

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