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It is well-established in the human scotopic vision that psychophysical studies on the different parts of the retina show close correspondence to the anatomical data, i.e. distribution of rods in the retina (Østerberg, 1935).
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Adachi-Usami, E., Misago, M., Kanayama, N. (1978). Electro-Perimetry by means of the Scotopic VECP. In: François, J., De Rouck, A., Pearlman, J.T., Kelsey, J. (eds) Electrodiagnosis, Toxic Agents and Vision. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9957-2_31
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