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4 Motor Control of Extraocular Muscle

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Fig. 4.8 Distribution of

A-group, B-group, and

C-group cells of the medial

rectus (MR) subdivision in

the oculomotor nucleus of the

monkey. The S-group is the

equivalent of the C-group

cells for the superior rectus

and inferior oblique

subgroups. Adapted from

Buttner-Ennever ( 2006 )

Table 4.1 Patterns of innervation of EOM and their primary and secondary actions

Muscle Innervation Primary action Secondary action

Medial rectus (MR) Oculomotor (ipsi) Adduction –

Lateral rectus (LR) Abducens (ipsi) Abduction –

Superior rectus (SR) Oculomotor (contra) Elevation Intorsion

Inferior rectus (IR) Oculomotor (ipsi) Depression Extorsion

Superior oblique (SO) Trochlear (contra) Intorsion Depression

Inferior oblique (IO) Oculomotor (ipsi) Extorsion Elevation

In addition to the topographic organization of neurons according to the muscle

innervated, it is now recognized that there are at least three neuronal types within

each medial rectus subdivision, the so-called “A-group,” “B-group,” and “C-group”

neurons. All our information about these motoneuronal groups has come from anatomical

studies (Buttner-Ennever and Akert 1981 ; Spencer and Porter 1981 ) . No

studies as of yet have identi fi ed unique physiological characteristics of the “A,” “B,”

or “C-group” cells. However, the information available from anatomical studies is

potentially interesting. First, the location of the A, B, and C groups is distinct. While

the A- and B-group cells are located within the nucleus, the C-groups cells tend to

cluster at the boundary of the nucleus (see Fig. 4.8 ). Even more interesting are the

patterns of afferent and efferent projections of these cells. While the A-group and

B-group cells receive projections from pre-motor areas serving all types of eye

movements, the C-group cells do not receive afferent projections from saccadic or

VOR pre-motor areas (Ugolini et al. 2006 ) . In addition, while the A- and B-group

cells project to the singly-innervated twitch fi bers within the mid belly of the EOM,

the C-group cells innervate the multiply-innervated non-twitch fi bers at the distal

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