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Rod-driven focal macular electroretinogram.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Choshi, Toshiharu Matsumoto, Celso Soiti Nakatsuka, Kazuo |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | PURPOSE To determine the stimulus conditions required to elicit rod-driven, focal macular electroretinograms (rod FMERGs). METHODS A blue (lambda(max)=470 nm) stimulus, 5 degrees in size, was imaged at a luminance of 1.5 cd/m(2) on different regions of the human retina. Electroretinograms (ERGs) elicited by this stimulus were recorded from the light- and dark-adapted retina of four subjects without any ophthalmological abnormalities. A subject with cone dystrophy was also tested by this method. RESULTS Stimulus luminance <==1.5 cd/m(2) did not elicit a response when it was imaged on the optic disc, but higher intensities elicited a small b-wave from stray light. When this stimulus was imaged on the macular area or the 15 degrees temporal retina, an ERG was elicited that had the shape of the full-field scotopic ERG. This stimulus with a luminance of 1.5 cd/m(2) did not elicit a response from stimulation of the macular area of a light-adapted retina but elicited a slow-rising positive b-wave after 30 minutes of dark adaptation. In a subject with cone dystrophy, focal rod response was elicited from the macula, despite no response under photopic conditions. CONCLUSION We conclude that this stimulus will elicit a response that is derived exclusively from rods and is a focal response with no contribution from stray light. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 12842203 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 47 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.nichigan.or.jp/jjo-oj/pdf/04704/047040356.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-5155%2803%2900073-X |
| Journal | Japanese journal of ophthalmology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |