Publication Date:
1983-07-08
Description:
In the parafoveal retina of human observers, cone-mediated sensitivity to flicker decreases as rods become progressively more dark-adapted. This effect is greatest when a rod response to flicker is precluded. These results indicate that rods tonically inhibit cone pathways in the dark.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Goldberg, S H -- Frumkes, T E -- Nygaard, R W -- EY01802/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Jul 8;221(4606):180-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6857279" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Dark Adaptation
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Flicker Fusion/physiology
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Humans
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Neural Inhibition
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Photoreceptor Cells/*physiology
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Retina/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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