title: [Light adaptation properties of receptor potentials of cyprinid retina].
abstract: It was previously reported that changes in sensitivities of electroretinographic b-wave in the course of light adaptation depended on the intensity of background lights. B-wave sensitivity decreased with time by dimmer background lights, while it recovered during illumination with background lights of higher intensities. In this work we examined light adaptation properties of glutamate-isolated receptor potentials (P III components), using isolated and superfused cyprinid retinas. During dimmer background illumination, P III components were unchanged. When background lights were increased above certain levels, P III components showed partial recovery with time in the light. A detailed analysis of spectral sensitivities of P III components and their increment thresholds for several wavelengths indicated that the recovery of P III sensitivity appeared with background lights at which rod function was taken over by cone function. The results suggest that the recovery of b-wave sensitivity during brighter background illumination is partially a reflection of the adaptation property of cone photoreceptors.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000221:Adaptation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000502:physiology*; D004596:Electroretinography; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*