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The c-waves recorded from the cone-dominant retina of the chicken proved to be cone-triggered. The time course and time integration properties of this retinal potential were compared with those of the rod-triggered c-wave recorded in the frog under scotopic conditions. The results clearly demonstrate theat there is no evidence for time integration in cone-triggered c-waves but that rod-triggered c-waves follow the Bunsen-Roscoe law over more than 2 log units. We propose that these time-related differences may be used in other species as a differentiation criterion between conetriggered and rod-triggered c-waves.
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Wioland, N., Bonaventure, N. A cone-triggered c-wave in the chicken ERG time integration characteristics. Doc Ophthalmol 60, 401–406 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158930
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158930