PUBLICATION
Cone contributions to the photopic spectral sensitivity of the zebrafish ERG
- Authors
- Hughes, A., Saszik, S., Bilotta, J., DeMarco, Jr., P.J., and Patterson II, W.F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-981209-15
- Date
- 1998
- Source
- Visual neuroscience 15: 1029-1037 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bilotta, Joe
- Keywords
- Danio rerio; electroretinogram; color opponency; ultraviolet cones
- MeSH Terms
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- Adaptation, Physiological/physiology
- Animals
- Color Perception/physiology*
- Electroretinography*
- Female
- Male
- Models, Biological
- Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells/physiology*
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 9839967 Full text @ Vis. Neurosci.
Citation
Hughes, A., Saszik, S., Bilotta, J., DeMarco, Jr., P.J., and Patterson II, W.F. (1998) Cone contributions to the photopic spectral sensitivity of the zebrafish ERG. Visual neuroscience. 15:1029-1037.
Abstract
Microspectrophotometry studies show that zebrafish (Danio rerio) possess four cone photopigments. The purpose of this study was to determine the cone contributions to the zebrafish photopic increment threshold spectral-sensitivity function. Electroretinogram (ERG) b-wave responses to monochromatic lights presented on a broadband or chromatic background were obtained. It was found that under the broadband background condition, the zebrafish spectral-sensitivity function showed several peaks that were narrower in sensitivity compared to the cone spectra. The spectral-sensitivity function was modeled with L - M and M - S opponent interactions and nonopponent S- and U-cone mechanisms. Using chromatic adaptation designed to suppress the contribution of the S-cones, a strong U-cone contribution to the spectral-sensitivity function was revealed, and the contributions of the S-cones to the M - S mechanism were reduced. These results show that the b-wave component of the ERG receives input from all four cone types and appears to reflect color opponent mechanisms. Thus, zebrafish may possess the fundamental properties necessary for color vision.
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