Article
Heritability of different measures of smooth pursuit eye tracking dysfunction: a study of normal twins.
Psychophysiology - 1 Nov 2000
Katsanis J, Taylor J, Iacono W G, Hammer M A
Abstract excerpt
Research studies have found that smooth pursuit eye movement dysfunction may serve as an index of genetic liability to develop schizophrenia. The heritability of various measures of smooth pursuit eye tracking proficiency and the saccades that occur during smooth pursuit was examined in 64 monozygotic (MZ) and 48 dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs. Two age cohorts were assessed (11-12 and 17-18 years of age). Intraclass...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Child
- Cohort Studies
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Ocular Motility Disorders
- Pursuit, Smooth
- Reference Values
