ocular bobbing


oc·u·lar bob·'bing

sudden conjugate downward deviation of the eyes with a slow return to the normal position; seen in some comatose patients who have bilateral hemisphere lesions.

bobbing, ocular 

Spontaneous, rapid downward movements of both eyes followed by a slow drift to the straight-ahead position. It occurs in patients, usually comatose, who have lesions of the brainstem.

oc·u·lar bob·bing

(okyū-lăr bobing) Sudden conjugate downward deviation of eyes with slow return to normal position.