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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2016; 74(09): 761-766
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20160109
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Abnormal eye movements in three types of chorea

Anormalidades dos movimentos oculares em três tipos de coreia
Tiago Attoni
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências, Belo Horizonte MG, Brasil;
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Rogério Beato
2   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brasil;
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Serge Pinto
3   Aix-Marseille Université /CNRS, Laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-en-Provence, France.
,
Francisco Cardoso
2   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brasil;
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ABSTRACT

Chorea is an abnormal movement characterized by a continuous flow of random muscle contractions. This phenomenon has several causes, such as infectious and degenerative processes. Chorea results from basal ganglia dysfunction. As the control of the eye movements is related to the basal ganglia, it is expected, therefore, that is altered in diseases related to chorea. Sydenham’s chorea, Huntington’s disease and neuroacanthocytosis are described in this review as basal ganglia illnesses that can present with abnormal eye movements. Ocular changes resulting from dysfunction of the basal ganglia are apparent in saccade tasks, slow pursuit, setting a target and anti-saccade tasks. The purpose of this article is to review the main characteristics of eye motion in these three forms of chorea.

RESUMO

Coreia é um movimento anormal caracterizado pelo fluxo contínuo de contrações musculares ao acaso. Este fençmeno possui variadas causas, como processos infecciosos e degenerativos. A coreia resulta de disfunção dos núcleos da base, os quais estão envolvidos no controle da motricidade ocular. É esperado, então, que esta esteja alterada em doenças com coreia. A coreia de Sydenham, a doença de Huntington e a neuroacantocitose são apresentadas como modelos que têm por característica este distúrbio do movimento, por ocorrência de processos que acometem os núcleos da base. As alterações oculares decorrentes de disfunção dos núcleos da base se manifestam em tarefas de sacadas, perseguição lenta, fixação de um alvo e em tarefas de antissacadas. O objetivo deste artigo é revisar as principais características dos movimentos oculares nestas três formas de coreias.

chorea - eye movements - Huntington disease - neuroacanthocytosis
coreia - movimentos oculares - doença de Huntington - neuroacantocitose

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Support: Dr Cardoso has received honoraria from Boehringer-Ingelheim, UCB, and TEVA.




Publication History

Received: 21 March 2016

Accepted: 16 May 2016

Article published online:
06 September 2023

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