Sleep Med Psychophysiol.  1996 Jun;3(1):3-14.

Eye Movement and Schizophrenia

• Kim CE

Abstract

Eye movement dysfunction has been found in large numbers of schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives and can be studied without the interference of deficits in attention, motivation, clinical status and medication effects with relatively easy method. Eye movement dysfunction has been proposed as a useful way of expanding the schizophrenia phenotype in genetic studies. I review the literature on eye movement dysfunction with respect to syndrome and familial specificity and the quantitative assessment of eye tracking. 1 hope that the etiology and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia can be clarified through this eye movement study

Keyword

Eye movement dysfunction; Schizophrenia; Familial specificity; Genetic

MeSH Terms

Eye Movements*
Hope
Humans
Motivation
Phenotype
Schizophrenia*
Sensitivity and Specificity