title: Night blindness and the retinal mechanism of visual adaptation.
abstract: An account is given of investigations into the mechanisms of dark-adaptation in the retina of man and of the skate and other fish. Working hypotheses as to the possible sites of abnormal function in the various disorders of which night blindness is a feature are presented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003623:Dark Adaptation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004596:Electroretinography; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D009755:Night Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012173:Retinitis; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000502:physiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D012243:Rhodopsin