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Spectral sensitivity of the electroretinogram b-wave in dark-adapted goldfish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Jonathan D. Nussdorf  and
Maureen K. Powers
Jonathan D. Nussdorf
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Maureen K. Powers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
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Abstract

The action spectrum of the ERG b-wave was measured under dark-adapted conditions in intact goldfish (Carassius auratus). It is substantially broader than the absorption spectrum of goldfish rod porphyropsin. Neither prolonged dark adaptation nor removal of possible efferent neural activity affected its shape. Moreover, a 682-nm background did not produce a selective loss of sensitivity to long wavelengths. The results imply that the spectral sensitivity of the b-wave in dark-adapted goldfish reflects the influence of at least two photoreceptor types which act as a single univariant mechanism near absolute threshold.

Keywords

Spectral sensitivityRod-cone interactionAbsolute thresholdRod vision

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , March 1988 , pp. 159 - 168
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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