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1Sensory Sciences Center, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
Abstract:
Spectral-sensitivity curves were derived from the a-, b-, and d-waves of rhesus monkey ERGs after injection of bicuculline, strychnine, or no drug. Without drug injection, the a- and d-wave curves were well-fit by an additive model of weighted photoreceptor absorption spectra, while the b-wave curve requires inhibitory terms to produce an adequate fit. Bicuculline, but not strychnine, reduced the weight assigned to the inhibitory terms in a dose-dependent fashion, to the point that no inhibition was evident. The results suggest that GABAergic synapses are required for the expression of red/green color opponency in primate bipolar cells.
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