Cool Brain Stuff

14/02/2023 44 min
Cool Brain Stuff

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Kate and Hananh just finished their first organ block: neuroscience! Tune into this episode to hear about a couple of the coolest things they learned. Kate was particularly interested in how eyes can be an indicator of certain diseases in the brain. Hannah found the cortex fascinating and how a symptom can indicate damage to a specific part of the brain.Horizontal Gaze Diagram (scroll down to the first diagram): http://what-when-how.com/neuroscience/the-cranial-nerves-organization-of-the-central-nervous-system-part-5/Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia (a problem with horizontal gaze): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXSa79kVkAMarcus-Gunn Pupil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrNYqNH3b3AHemineglect Patient Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuP-_wWYfacHemineglect Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TjEcK0f5jY