oculomotor apraxia

Clinical manifestations

• difficulty fixing smoothly on an object, thus overshooting the target with lateral movement of the head followed by refixating the eyes

Clinical significance

• component of classic triad of posterior cortical atrophy (Balint syndrome)

* also see oculomotor nerve

More general terms

• apraxia

Additional terms

• oculomotor nerve (CN III)

Component of

• triad of posterior cortical atrophy (Balint syndrome)