Mydriasis disorders e.g. epilepsy, stroke, and impending brain herniation are known to lead to temporal mydriasis as well. A brain catastrophe, or a rapidly increasing brain mass, can cause compression of the oculomotor nerve. In cases of head injury or orbit trauma (eye injury), the iris sphincter (the muscle responsible for closing the pupil) or the nerves controlling it can be damaged, reducing or eliminating the normal pupillary light reflex. A mydriatic is an agent that induces dilation of the pupil. Drugs such as tropicamide are used in medicine to permit examination of the retina and other deep structures of the
I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" is the third single from Pet Shop Boys' fifth album "Very". It was released in the UK by Parlophone Records on 29 November 1993, where it eventually reached number 13 in the chart. It reached number 2 on the US Club chart where it was released in January 1994. It appears to describe a person, normally hesitant to unwind and show his feelings, who—because of some event in his life (possibly a love interest)—suddenly becomes willing to let it all hang out. It is