COMPARISON OF THE WAVE-FORMS OF THE ON BIPOLAR NEURON AND THE B-WAVE OF THE ELECTRORETINOGRAM

被引:121
作者
GUREVICH, L [1 ]
SLAUGHTER, MM [1 ]
机构
[1] SUNY Buffalo, SCH MED, DEPT BIOPHYS SCI, 120 CARY HALL, BUFFALO, NY 14214 USA
关键词
RETINA; ON BIPOLAR; ELECTRORETINOGRAM;
D O I
10.1016/0042-6989(93)90122-D
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The b-wave of the electroretinogram (ERG) is believed to result largely from the tight responses of ON bipolar neurons. One apparent inconsistency is that the b-wave is a phasic signal, more similar to ON responses of transient third-order neurons than to the ON bipolar light responses. However, when selective glutamate agonists or antagonists were used to isolate the b-wave, it was found to be tonic and resemble the light response waveform of the ON bipolar cell.
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