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The
medial longitudinal fasciculus is a
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vulnerable
fiber tract.
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It
is often damaged in multiple sclerosis
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and
strokes.
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The
resultant deficit is internuclear
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ophthalmoplegia
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The
horizontal vergence signal cannot
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reach
the medial rectus nucleus, but the
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convergence
signal can.
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