AIM To report five children with horizontal jerk nystagmus in whom eye movement recordings in the dark revealed a spontaneous reversal in the direction of the nystagmus beat. Three patients were blind in one eye and were diagnosed as having a manifest latent nystagmus (MLN), and two patients had strabismus and congenital nystagmus (CN). METHODS Eye movements were recorded using DC electro-ocu...

We report 3 patients with acquired nystagmus who were treated with eye muscle tenotomy and reat­ tachment. The first patient had acquired pendular nystagmus (APN) associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) and underwent bilateral medial rectus tenoto­ mies and bilateral lateral rectus recessions to cor­ rect exotropia. Eye movements were recorded before surgery, after surgery, and after surgery an...

Congenital syndromes of altered nervous system connectivity are reviewed along with recent findings on axonal growth: achiasma, congenital nystagmus, congenital horizontal gaze palsy, mirror movements and the syndromes of Kallmann, Wildervanck, Duane and Marcus Gunn. Identical guidance molecules are most likely involved in making axonal connections after injury and during development. Thus, inv...