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Saturation of the Rod Mechanism of the Retina at High Levels of Stimulation

Aguilar, M., Stiles, W.S.·1954·Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics

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By means of the two-colour threshold method the threshold response of the rod or dark-adapting visual mechanism can be followed to relatively high field intensities. From the results obtained here by this method it is concluded that at a field intensity of about 100 scotopic trolands the sensitivity of the rod mechanism to stimulus differences begins to fall off rapidly and that at about 2000 to 5000 scotopic trolands (corresponding approximately to daylight luminances of 120 to 300 cd/m2) the rod mechanism becomes saturated and is no longer capable of responding to an increase of stimulus. D'après les résultats obtenus par cette méthode, on conclut que, pour une intensité du champ d'environ 100 trolands scotopiques, la sensibilité des bâtonnets aux variations d'excitation commence à baisser rapidement et que, pour 2 000 à 5 000 trolands scotopiques (correspondant approximativement à des luminances de 120 à 300 cd/m2 en lumière du jour) les bâtonnets se saturent et ne peuvent plus répondre à une augmentation de l'excitation. Die Ergebnisse, die mit dieser Methode erhalten werden, lassen schliessen, dass bei Feldhelligkeiten von etwa 100 skotopischen Troland die Empfindlichkeit des Stäbchenapparates für die Reizunterschiede schnell nachlässt und dass bei 2000–5000 skotopischen Troland (näherungsweise bei einer Tageslicht-Leuchtdichte von 120–300 cd/m2) der Stäbchenapparat abgesättigt ist und auf eine weitere Steigerung des Reizes nicht anspricht.

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Authors
Aguilar, M., & Stiles, W. S.
Venue
Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics
Published
1954-01
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
59-65
ISSN
0030-3909 (ISSN-L)
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W2024934745
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584
References
2
FWCI
4.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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