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Assessing the Level of Consciousness

Dr Gilberto Leung and Dr Gary Lau Subtitles in English for this video can be displayed by clicking on  (first button on the bottom right hand corner of the video). Our level of consciousness is governed by our cerebral cortex as well as the subcortical ascending ...

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Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome

This is a set of cranial MRIs from a patient with osmotic demyelination syndrome, formerly called central pontine myelinolysis. Osmotic demyelination syndrome occurs when wide fluxes in serum sodium levels are induced by too rapid correction of hyponatremia. Oligodendrocytes, which forms the myelin sheaths, are ...

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Ocular Alignment and Extra-ocular Movement Examination

Subtitles in English for this video can be displayed by clicking on  (first button on the bottom right hand corner of the video). Stereopsis (three dimensional vision) is important in our every day lives. This ability is dependent on aligning both foveae on the same object ...

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