"Oculomotor Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The muscles that move the eye. Included in this group are the medial rectus, lateral rectus, superior rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique, superior oblique, musculus orbitalis, and levator palpebrae superioris.
| Descriptor ID |
D009801
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Oculomotor Muscles- Oculomotor Muscles
- Muscle, Oculomotor
- Muscles, Oculomotor
- Oculomotor Muscle
- Extraocular Muscles
- Extraocular Muscle
Oblique Muscles, Extraocular- Oblique Muscles, Extraocular
- Extraocular Oblique Muscle
- Extraocular Oblique Muscles
- Oblique Muscle, Extraocular
- Oblique Extraocular Muscles
- Extraocular Muscle, Oblique
- Extraocular Muscles, Oblique
- Oblique Extraocular Muscle
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| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oculomotor Muscles" by people in Profiles.
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A Single-Center Sham and Active-Controlled Double-Blind Randomized Crossover Trial of the Magnetic Levator Prosthesis for Severe Blepharoptosis. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Feb 03; 14(2):15.
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Author Response to Letter Regarding IOVS Publication "Investigation of Selective Innervation of Extraocular Muscle". Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 06 01; 64(7):37.
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Investigation of Selective Innervation of Extraocular Muscle Compartments. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 02 01; 64(2):24.
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Vertical vergence in nonhuman primates depends on horizontal gaze position. Strabismus. 2019 09; 27(3):172-181.
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A Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Toric Versus Spherical Contact Lenses on Vision and Eyestrain. Eye Contact Lens. 2019 Jan; 45(1):28-33.
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Neural Plasticity Following Surgical Correction of Strabismus in Monkeys. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 10 01; 59(12):5011-5021.
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Longitudinal Evaluation of Eye Misalignment and Eye Movements Following Surgical Correction of Strabismus in Monkeys. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Nov 01; 57(14):6040-6047.
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Improvement of Eye Alignment in Adult Strabismic Monkeys by Sustained IGF-1 Treatment. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Nov 01; 57(14):6070-6078.
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Strabismus and the Oculomotor System: Insights from Macaque Models. Annu Rev Vis Sci. 2016 10 14; 2:37-59.
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Responses of cells in the midbrain near-response area in monkeys with strabismus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Jun 22; 53(7):3858-64.