Eye movements are the voluntary or involuntary movements of the eye.

Anatomy of eye movements

Neuroanatomy

• Brain

• Cerebral cortex

• Frontal lobe - frontal eye fields (FEF), medial eye fields (MEF), supplementary eye fields (SEF), dorsomedial frontal cortex (DMFC)

• Parietal lobe - lateral intraparietal area (LIP), middle temporal area (MT), medial superior temporal area (MST)
• Occipital lobe

• Visual cortex

  • CerebellumRobinson FR, Fuchs AF. "The role of the cerebellum in voluntary eye movements." Annu Rev Neurosci. 2001;24:981-1004. PMID 11520925

  • Midbrain

• Pretectum - Pretectal nuclei

• Superior colliculus
  • Brain stem

• Superior colliculus (SC)

• Premotor nuclei in the reticular formation (PMN)
• Paramedian pontine reticular formation
• Cranial nerves

• III: Oculomotor nerve/Oculomotor nucleus

• IV: Trochlear nerve/Trochlear nucleus
• VI: Abducens nerve/Abducens nucleus

  • Vestibular nuclei

• Medial longitudinal fasciculus