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electroretinogram

medicine
Also known as: ERG

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use in vision studies

  • cross section of the human eye
    In human eye: Bleaching of rhodopsin

    Thus, the electroretinogram (ERG) is the record of changes in potential between an electrode placed on the surface of the cornea and an electrode placed on another part of the body, caused by illumination of the eye.

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    In human eye: The electroretinogram

    If an electrode is placed on the cornea and another, indifferent electrode is placed, for example, in the mouth, illumination of the retina is followed by a succession of electrical changes; the record of these is the electroretinogram, or ERG. Modern analysis has shown…

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