The pH concentration strongly affects b- and c-waves of the vitreal direct coupled electroretinogram (DC/ERG) in the arterially perfused cat eye, in which acid-base balance can be changed temporarily excluding extraocular regulation (Niemeyer and Steinberg, 1984; Dawis et al., 1984, 1985; Niemeyer e
Standing potential and c-wave during changes in PO2and flow in the perfused cat eye
✍ Scribed by Beat Kreienbühl; Günter Niemeyer
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 337 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-4486
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✦ Synopsis
Changing flow rate (F) in arterially perfused cat eyes concomitantly alters the supply of 02 and greatly affects electrical signals: increasing F increases the standing potential (SP) and decreasing F induces the opposite. Corresponding effects on c-wave are more variable.
To separate changes in supply of 02 from changes in F we performed two types of experiments: (I) changing supply of 02 while keeping F constant; this was done by switching to a perfusate of different PO2: and (2) changing F while keeping the supply of 02 constant; this was done by switching to hypoxic or hyperoxic perfusates and adjusting F to keep the b-wave amplitude constant.
Results (1): Decrease in PO 2 left the SP essentially unaffected, but increased the cwave. Increase in PO~ tended to increase the SP and to decrease the c-wave. Results (2): Isolated decrease in F did not affect the SP consistently and left the c-wave unchanged. Isolated increase in F often increased the SP, but also left the c-wave unchanged.
Covadation between SP and amplitude to the c-wave was absent during hyperoxia.
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