Cerebral Functional Response during Eyelid Opening/Closing with Bell’s Phenomenon and Volitional Vertical Eye Movements in Humans

• Published in: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Vol. 240; no. 2; pp. 141 - 146
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Yukihisa, Kiyosawa, Motohiro, Ishiwata, Kiichi, Oda, Keiichi, Ishii, Kenji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Tohoku University Medical Press 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Bell’s phenomenon; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Cerebrum - blood supply; Cerebrum - physiology; Electrooculography; Eye Movements - physiology; Eyelids - physiology; Female; frontal eye field; Humans; Male; Models, Biological; Motor Activity; positron emission tomography; regional cerebral blood flow; Rest; Subtraction Technique; volitional eye movement; Young Adult

Bell’s phenomenon is a physiological phenomenon wherein the eye ball involuntarily rolls upward during eyelid closing. Although this phenomenon occurs in healthy individuals, the neural mechanism related to Bell’s phenomenon has not yet been identified. We aimed to investigate the brain regions rele...