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Transitory increases of ultraviolet transmission on stimulation with light were recorded simultaneously with electroretinogram on and off effects from isolated vertebrate retina. The spectral distribution of the optical light responses coincided with that of NADH reduction. The correlation of the optical, or respiratory, responses and the electrical responses were very close within a wide range of stimulus parameters, suggesting an interpretation in terms of supply and demand of energy with a tight coupling between the two kinds of evoked activity. Prerequisite to the response behaviour was the preservation of synaptic signal transmission from first- to higher-order retinal neurons.
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Walter, P., Sickel, W. Identification of fast spurts of pyridine nucleotide oxidation evoked by light stimulation in the isolated perfused vertebrate retina. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 232, 318–323 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194483
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