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Dual Rod Pathways

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From Pigments to Perception

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Abstract

Psychophysical and electroretinographic observations in normal and achromat observers suggest that human rod signals travel through two retinal pathways (Conner, 1982; Sharpe, Stockman & MacLeod, 1989; Stockman et al., 1991). One pathway--slow and sensitive--is accessible in the dark; whereas the other--fast and insensitive--becomes prominent at higher intensities. These two pathways must diverge at or before the outer plexiform layer, since both the slow and the fast signals are evident in the b-wave of the electroretinogram (ERG). But, because the two signals can also be demonstrated to interact and extinguish the b-wave, they probably also reconverge at a very early stage in the retina. These findings accord to some extent with anatomical and electrophysiological observations of the mammalian retina.

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