title: Variation in density of macular pigmentation and in short-wave cone sensitivity with eccentricity.
abstract: Using both absolute threshold and flicker techniques, we measured the relative spectral sensitivity at different eccentricities during the cone-plateau period of the long-term dark-adaptation curve. With both techniques the relative spectral sensitivity tended to increase with eccentricity in the short-wave region of the spectrum. The results suggest that the relatively high short-wave sensitivity of the extrafovea obtained with the threshold technique, is due both to variation in density of macular pigmentation nd in short-wave cone sensitivity, while the relatively high short-wave sensitivity obtained with the flicker technique is due to variation in density of macular pigmentation alone. The results were used as a basis for analyzing the variation in density of macular pigmentation and in short-wave cone sensitivity with eccentricity.
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D003124:Colorimetry; D003623:Dark Adaptation; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000502:physiology*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D012168:Retinal Pigments