Rod-cone interaction in the distal human retina.
During the rod-isolated phase of dark adaption, b-wave implicit time of the human cone electroretinogram increased exponentially with a time constant corresponding to that for the regeneration of rhodopsin. In the presence of different photopically equated short-wave backgrounds, cone b-wave implicit time varied inversely with the scotopic brightness of the background. Taking into account the origin of the b wave, these measurements support the idea of a rod effect on cone function in the distal human retina.
D004596:Electroretinography; D006801:Humans; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular