Pathways for voluntary vertical eye movements

What are the pathways for voluntary vertical eye movements? 

Vertical movements are driven symmetrically from both frontal lobes.

When activated bilaterally, fibers from Brodmann’s area 8 project via the frontopontine tract to act upon bilateral cranial nuclei III, IV, and VI, which then innervate their respective muscles.

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