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as we go further away from the receptors. Witkovsky ( 1965), working
on single carp ganglion cells, concludes that in the photopic state the three
pigments of Marks are just suEcient to account for all spectral response
types at the ganglion cell level. MacNichol et al. ( 1961), on the other
hand, report a red component maximally sensitive at 650 mp in single
goldfish ganglion cells.
Approaches to the same problem but using the ERG as the index
were made recently by Burkhardt (1966, 1968) and Witkovsky (1968).
REFERENCES
Adrian, E. D., and Matthews, R. (1927a). The action of light on the eye. I. The
discharge of impulses in the optic nerve and its relation to the electric change
in the retina. J. Physiol. (London) 63, 378414.
Adrian, E. D., and Matthews, R. ( 1927b). The action of light on the eye. 11. The
processes involved in retinal excitation. J. Physiol. (London) 64, 279-301.
Arden, G. B., and Ikeda, H. (1966). Effects of hereditary degeneration of the retina
on the early receptor potential and the corneo-fnndal potential of the rat eye.
Vision Res. 6, 171-184.
Bernhard, C. G., and Skoglund, C. R. ( 1941). Selective suppression with ethylalcohol
of inhibition in the optic nerve and of the negative component PI11 of the electroretinogram. Actu Physiol. Scund. 2, 10-21.
Brindley, G. S. (1960). “Physiology of the Retina and Visual Pathway.” Arnold,
London.
Brindley, G. S., and Cardner-Medwin, A. R. ( 1966). The origin of the early receptor
potential of the retina. J . Physiol. (London) 182, 185-194.
Brown, K. T., and Murakami, M. (1964a). A new receptor potential of the monkey
retina with no detectable latency. Nature 201, 626428.
Brown, K. T., and Murakami, M. (1964b). Biphasic form of the early receptor potential of the monkey retina. Nature 204, 739-740.
Brown, K. T., and Wiesel, T. N. (1959). Intraretinal recording with micropipette
electrodes in the intact cat eye. J. Physiol. (London) 149, 537-562.
Brown, K. T., and Wiesel, T. N. ( 1961). Localization of origins of electroretinogram
components by intraretinal recording in the intact cat eye. J. Physiol. (London)
Brown, K. T., Watanabe, K., and Murakami, M. (1965). The early and late receptor
potentials of monkey cones and rods, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol.
30, 457482.
Burkhardt, D. A. ( 1966). The goldfish electroretinogram: Relation between photopic
spectral sensitivity functions and cone absorption spectra. Vision Res. 6, 517-532.
Burkhardt, D. A. (1968). Cone action spectra: Evidence from the goldfish electroretinogram. Vision Res. 8, 839-853.
Byzov, A. L. (1962). On the origin and some properties of the PIII-component of
the frog electroretinogram. Proc. Intern. Union Physiol. Sci., 22nd Intern. Congr.,
Leiden, 1962 Vol. 1, Part 1, pp. 473-476. Excerpta Med. Found., Amsterdam.
Byzov, A. L., and Trifonov, Yu. A. (1968). The response to electric stimulation of
horizontal cells in the carp retina. Vision Res. 8, 817-832.
Cone, R. A. ( 1967). Early receptor potential: Photoreversible charge displacement
in rhodopsin. Science 155, 1128-1131.
158, 257-280.
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as we go further away from the receptors. Witkovsky ( 1965), working
on single carp ganglion cells, concludes that in the photopic state the three
pigments of Marks are just suEcient to account for all spectral response
types at the ganglion cell level. MacNichol et al. ( 1961), on the other
hand, report a red component maximally sensitive at 650 mp in single
goldfish ganglion cells.
Approaches to the same problem but using the ERG as the index
were made recently by Burkhardt (1966, 1968) and Witkovsky (1968).
REFERENCES
Adrian, E. D., and Matthews, R. (1927a). The action of light on the eye. I. The
discharge of impulses in the optic nerve and its relation to the electric change
in the retina. J. Physiol. (London) 63, 378414.
Adrian, E. D., and Matthews, R. ( 1927b). The action of light on the eye. 11. The
processes involved in retinal excitation. J. Physiol. (London) 64, 279-301.
Arden, G. B., and Ikeda, H. (1966). Effects of hereditary degeneration of the retina
on the early receptor potential and the corneo-fnndal potential of the rat eye.
Vision Res. 6, 171-184.
Bernhard, C. G., and Skoglund, C. R. ( 1941). Selective suppression with ethylalcohol
of inhibition in the optic nerve and of the negative component PI11 of the electroretinogram. Actu Physiol. Scund. 2, 10-21.
Brindley, G. S. (1960). “Physiology of the Retina and Visual Pathway.” Arnold,
London.
Brindley, G. S., and Cardner-Medwin, A. R. ( 1966). The origin of the early receptor
potential of the retina. J . Physiol. (London) 182, 185-194.
Brown, K. T., and Murakami, M. (1964a). A new receptor potential of the monkey
retina with no detectable latency. Nature 201, 626428.
Brown, K. T., and Murakami, M. (1964b). Biphasic form of the early receptor potential of the monkey retina. Nature 204, 739-740.
Brown, K. T., and Wiesel, T. N. (1959). Intraretinal recording with micropipette
electrodes in the intact cat eye. J. Physiol. (London) 149, 537-562.
Brown, K. T., and Wiesel, T. N. ( 1961). Localization of origins of electroretinogram
components by intraretinal recording in the intact cat eye. J. Physiol. (London)
Brown, K. T., Watanabe, K., and Murakami, M. (1965). The early and late receptor
potentials of monkey cones and rods, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol.
30, 457482.
Burkhardt, D. A. ( 1966). The goldfish electroretinogram: Relation between photopic
spectral sensitivity functions and cone absorption spectra. Vision Res. 6, 517-532.
Burkhardt, D. A. (1968). Cone action spectra: Evidence from the goldfish electroretinogram. Vision Res. 8, 839-853.
Byzov, A. L. (1962). On the origin and some properties of the PIII-component of
the frog electroretinogram. Proc. Intern. Union Physiol. Sci., 22nd Intern. Congr.,
Leiden, 1962 Vol. 1, Part 1, pp. 473-476. Excerpta Med. Found., Amsterdam.
Byzov, A. L., and Trifonov, Yu. A. (1968). The response to electric stimulation of
horizontal cells in the carp retina. Vision Res. 8, 817-832.
Cone, R. A. ( 1967). Early receptor potential: Photoreversible charge displacement
in rhodopsin. Science 155, 1128-1131.
158, 257-280.