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. 2022 Jul 18;270(2):632–641. doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11202-y

Table 3.

Anatomical-nystagmus correlation with vascular territory and lesion site

Territory Horizontal Vertical Torsional Vert-Tors Horiz-Tors
Med PICA medial VNc [10], ICP [12, 23], tonsil [12, 23], nodulus [12, 23], uvula [12, 23] Nodulus (bilateral) [28] Superior VNc [25, 26] ICP [12, 23]
Lat PICA Lateral medulla [8, 33], Caudal lateral VNc [24, 26] Caudal medulla [23] Lateral medulla [32] Lateral medulla [32] Lateral medulla [32]
AICA Vestibular root entry zone [11, 12] Inner ear [11], flocculus (unilateral) [29], pontine tegmentum [12, 23] Dorsal pontine tegmentum [14, 30], Flocculus (bilateral) [27] MCP [33] MCP [33] Vestibular root entry zone [11, 12], Inner ear [11], MCP [33]
SCA Superior vermis [13], rostral anterior cerebellum [13] BC [26, 28]
Basilar perf NPH [12, 23], pontine tegmentum [11] PMT [28], VTT [23, 28], MLF [26, 28] PMT [28], VTT [23, 28], MLF [26, 28]
Midbrain perf INC [23, 31], riMLF [23, 31] INC [23, 31], riMLF [23, 31]

AICA  anterior inferior cerebellar artery, BC  brachial conjunctivum, Horiz-tors  Horizontal-Torsional, ICP  inferior cerebellar peduncle, INC  Interstitial nucleus of Cajal, Lat  lateral, Med  medial, MCP  middle cerebellar peduncle, MLF  medial longitudinal fasciulus, NPH  nucleus prepositus hypoglossi, perf  perforators, PICA  posterior inferior cerebellar artery, PMT  paramedian tract, riMLF  rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus, SCA  superior cerebellar artery, VNc  vestibular nucleus, Vert-Tors  Vertical-torsional, VTT  ventral tegmental tract