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The Oculo-auricular Phenomenon in Brain-Stem Disease

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Brain-Stem Localization and Function

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The oculo-auricular phenomenon (OAP), as described by Wilson in 1908 [26], consists of bilateral coactivation of external ear muscles during lateral gaze. Two ear muscles are innervated by motoneurons of the medial part of the facial nucleus [9, 25]: the transverse auricular muscle (TAM) (Fig. 1), which adducts and curls the helix of the auricle, and the posterior auricular muscle (Fig. 2), which moves the whole auricle backwards [3, 16, 22].

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  1. Neurologische Klinik, Universität Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany

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  1. Department of Neurology New England Medical Center, Tufts University, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Louis R. Caplan

  2. Neurologische Klinik, Universität Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Hanns Christian Hopf

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Urban, P.P., Hopf, H.C. (1993). The Oculo-auricular Phenomenon in Brain-Stem Disease. In: Caplan, L.R., Hopf, H.C. (eds) Brain-Stem Localization and Function. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78172-8_17

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