Functional activity within the frontal eye fields, posterior parietal cortex, and cerebellar vermis significantly correlates to symmetrical vergence peak velocity: an ROI …

TL Alvarez, R Jaswal, S Gohel… - Frontiers in Integrative …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a prevalent binocular vision disorder with symptoms that
include double/blurred vision, eyestrain, and headaches when engaged in reading or other …

[HTML][HTML] Functional anatomy of predictive vergence and saccade eye movements in humans: a functional MRI investigation

TL Alvarez, Y Alkan, S Gohel, BD Ward, BB Biswal - Vision research, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to investigate the functional neural anatomy that
generates vergence eye movement responses from predictive versus random symmetrical …

Vergence deficits in patients with cerebellar lesions

T Sander, A Sprenger, G Neumann, B Machner… - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The cerebellum is part of the cortico–ponto–cerebellar circuit for conjugate eye movements.
Recent animal data suggest an additional role of the cerebellum for the control of binocular …

Influence of target type and RAF rule on the measurement of near point of convergence

PM Adler, M Cregg, AJ Viollier… - Ophthalmic and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: This study was designed to investigate if the use of different target types or the RAF
rule affected the measurement of near point of convergence (NPC). Methods: The subjects …

[HTML][HTML] Disparity vergence differences between typically occurring and concussion-related convergence insufficiency pediatric patients

TL Alvarez, C Yaramothu, M Scheiman, A Goodman… - Vision research, 2021 - Elsevier
This study sought to test the hypothesis that significant differences would be observed in
clinical measures, symptoms, and objective assessments of vergence eye movements …

The influence of age on adaptation of disparity vergence and phoria

TL Alvarez, EH Kim, C Yaramothu, B Granger-Donetti - Vision research, 2017 - Elsevier
A paucity of research exists to investigate whether the normal aging process influences the
ability to adapt disparity vergence and phoria. Vergence eye movements and dissociated …

Influence of neck torsion on near point convergence in subjects with idiopathic neck pain

P Giffard, L Daly, J Treleaven - Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 2017 - Elsevier
Background People with neck pain (NP) experience sensorimotor and oculomotor deficits
thought to be due to abnormal cervical afferent input. Convergence insufficiency (CI) …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term predictive changes in the dynamics of disparity vergence eye movements

TL Alvarez, M Bhavsar, JL Semmlow… - Journal of …, 2005 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Repetitive stimulation of the disparity vergence system to large convergent step stimuli has
been shown to increase the dynamics of subsequent responses to smaller step stimuli. Here …

Analysis of saccades and peak velocity to symmetrical convergence stimuli: binocularly normal controls compared to convergence insufficiency patients

TL Alvarez, EH Kim - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual …, 2013 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To assess the potential peak velocity asymmetry between the left-eye and right-
eye movement responses stimulated by symmetrical vergence steps in those with normal …

Disparity vergence responses before versus after repetitive vergence therapy in binocularly normal controls

H Talasan, M Scheiman, X Li, TL Alvarez - Journal of vision, 2016 - jov.arvojournals.org
This study sought to determine whether significant changes would be observed between
vergence eye movements before and after 12 hr of repetitive vergence therapy (1 hr per day …