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α-aminoadipic acid was intravitreally applied to adult rabbits. After 5 h, the retinae of these animals were examined by electroretinography and histochemistry. The retinal Müller cells were extremely swollen, and the electroretinographic slow P III was extinguished. The mass receptor potential was somewhat diminished. The results are consistent with the opinion that the slow P III is the reaction of the Müller cells to the changed external potassium ion concentration caused by the activity of the photoreceptors.
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Reichenbach, A., Wohlrab, F. Effects of α -aminoadipic acid on the glutamate-isolated P III of the rabbit electroretinogram. Doc Ophthalmol 59, 359–364 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00159170
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