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Horizontal gaze direction center

Pontina Focal Centre

PPRF, Gaze direction center, pontina, Paramedian pontine reticular formation, Gaze direction center, horizontal.

Two gaze direction centers for coordinated (conjugated) horizontal eye movements are located in the pons; one, on the left side, for gaze direction to the left and one, on the right side, for gaze direction to the right.
Taken together, these constitute the so-called "pontine gaze directional center" also called PPRF (= paramedian pontine reticular formation).
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