title: A comparison of the components of the multifocal and full-field ERGs.
abstract: The multi-input technique of Sutter and Tran (1992) yields multiple focal ERGs. The purpose here was to compare the components of this multifocal ERG to the components of the standard, full-field ERG. To record multifocal ERGs, an array of 103 hexagons was displayed on a monitor. Full-field (Ganzfeld) ERGs were elicited by flashes presented upon steady background fields. The latencies of two prominent subcomponents of the full-field ERG were altered by varying the intensity of the incremental flash or the intensity of the background field. By showing that similar manipulations of the multi-input parameters produce similar changes in latency, we were able to relate the components of the multifocal ERG to the components of the full-field ERG. The biphasic responses of the multifocal ERG appear to be generated by the same cells generating the a-wave and positive peaks of the full-field cone ERG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027-7004, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seiple
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holopigian
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Greenstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004596:Electroretinography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*