The Pupillary Light Reflex

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Dr James Booker officially joins our team and brings this really important clinical assessment to our catalogue of videos. Learn how this reflex works anatomically and how the direct and consensual responses are made possible. It is all down to the neuroscience!

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[Marwa-engf]

This is a beautifully made video! you went straight to the point and gave the simplest explanation I can find on YT. Absolutely loved this!

[aworm]

Good video! Consider adding common clinical problems with this pathway, such as the Marcus Gunn pupil

[andrewblaikie]

that is very impressive bit of teaching - well done

[olaebrhem]

The best video 👏🏻I can’t believe it saved me all that time just by 3 minutes amazing fun video

[theafricanesther]

Thank you, this was very helpful.🙏

I have a question, what would you say is the reason for loss of pupillary reflex in the right eye of a patient who has had a cerebral contusion in the right frontal and cerebral lobes from a fall?

[matthewmelo]

eye finally understand ahahhahahahahaha

[Drawxxx]

what?? you didn't even explain mydriasis.. the pathway is longer and changes after the 4th order neuron.