Hering’s law of equal innervation
For any intended eye movement, the neural signals (innervation) sent from the brain to the extraocular muscles are equal for both eyes. This results in conjugate, yoked movements where the two eyes move symmetrically in the same direction.
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- Haidinger’s brushes
- Harada-Ito procedure
- Hering’s law of equal innervation