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Responses of the blowfly (Calliphora erythrocephala) to light flashes and to sinusoidally modulated light

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In the Blowfly eye slow potential changes, presumed to come from the sense cells, have been recorded in response to sinusoidally modulated light in a frequency range of 1–300 cycles per sec. A de Lange curve and phase-shift characteristics are presented.

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Dans l'oeil de Calliphora, le component de l'électrorétinogramme supposé d'originer dans les cellules visuelles, a été registré en réaction à un changement sinusoidale de l'intensité de la lumière stimulante, pour des fréquences de 1 à 300 Herz. Une de Lange charactéristique est presentée ainsi que le retardement du phase comme fonction de la fréquence.

Zusammenfassung

Belichtungspotentiale in dem Auge von Calliphora, die aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach in den Sehzellen entstehen, wurden registriert als Reaktion auf sinusoidale Veränderung der Lichtintensität bei einem Frequenzbereich von l bis 300 Herz. Eine de Lange Kurve und die Veränderung der Fase als Funktion des Frequenzes werden gezeigt.

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In the experiments described in the first part of this paper the authors have been assisted by D. van der Baaren, in those described in the second part by O. Schouwstra and T. Sinnema.

Natuurkundig Laboratorium, Westersingel 34.

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Leutscher-Hazelhoff, J.T., Kuiper, J.W. Responses of the blowfly (Calliphora erythrocephala) to light flashes and to sinusoidally modulated light. Doc Ophthalmol 18, 275–283 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00160579

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