Radhakrishna et al. have identified further mutations in the FRMD7 gene in an Indian family with extensive expression of infantile nystagmus (71 individuals over 11 generations). The article can be found here.
Read more >>A review article is soon to be published in the European Journal of Paediatric Neurology entitled ‘Infantile and acquired nystagmus in childhood’ by Oliver Ehrt. Read the review here.
Read more >>Nystagmus Network (UK) have released a new book, ‘The Challenge of Nystagmus’. The book contains 25 chapters, and is based on proceedings of the 2009 International Nystagmus Workshop. The comprehensive book brings the reader completely up-to-date with the current state …
Read more >>Traber et al. have identified strains of hypopigmented mice as suitable models for INS. These albino mice exhibit jerks and oscillations. The research will be presented at ARVO later this year. The poster abstract can be found here.
Read more >>Felius et al. have published a note in AAPOS describing improved sensory and motor function as a result of 4-muscle surgery in INS when performed in children within the plastic period. Read about it here.
Read more >>Recent research by ElKamshoushy et al. has assessed surgical outcomes using both visual acuity and recognition times using optotypes presented for varying durations. The average improvements for both Anderson-Kestenbaum and four-muscle resession surgery were 2 lines and 0.3 seconds. See …
Read more >>Recent work by Hertle et al. has identified a prevalence of head oscillations in 29% of a population of 1650 patients with INS. They have just published a note in AAPOS in which they identify the suboccipital triangle of the …
Read more >>A retrospective review of MRI findings from patients with early-onset nystagmus has recently been published. Out of 26 patients, three showed abnormal MRI, accompanied by temporal optic nerve head pallor. The article can be found here on PubMed.
Read more >>A group in China have recently published surgical outcomes from patients undergoing surgery for horizontal idiopathic nystagmus, in the presence of strabismus and abnormal head posture. The results can be found on PubMed.
Read more >>Thurtell and Leigh have contributed a chapter to the Handbook of Clinical Neurology entitled ‘Nystagmus and saccadic intrusions’. Read the abstract on PubMed here.
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