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I. The Pattern in the Normal Human

Lawrence Jacobs, MD; Martin Feldman, MD; Morris B. Bender, MD

Arch Neurol. 1971;25(2):151-159.

Abstract
Eye movements were recorded by DC oculogram in eight normal subjects during 31 nights of sleep. A consistent series of ocular positional changes and movements occurred in every subject. Initially, eyelid closure induced upward movement of the globes. The eyes then remained elevated during 55% to 85% of the time spent in stages 2, 3, and 4. With the onset of stage of rapid eye movement, the eyes moved down abruptly to or below the central position. Movements during this stage were quite unlike waking eye movements but showed a similar pattern in every subject. These movements were 5% to 15% horizontal, 25% to 35% vertical, and 55% to 65% oblique. The movement sequences and the time intervals between movements were not random. The results suggest that during sleep there is a pattern of activity of the oculomotor system which is similar in every subject.

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 4, 1971.

Reprint requests to Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 E 100th St, New York 10029 (Dr. Bender).

Read before the 95th annual meeting of the American Neurologic Association, Atlantic City, NJ, June 16, 1970.

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